DECATUR (AL)
WAFF [Huntsville, AL]
April 24, 2026
By WAFF 48 Digital Staff and Stephen Gallien
A state appeals court has upheld a former Morgan County pastor’s sodomy conviction.
A ruling released Friday shows that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Danny Duane Pitts’ 2024 conviction.
Pitts was arrested in 2021 and charged with first- and second-degree sodomy after the case against him sat cold for years. The case was first reported to police in 2007.
Pitts was convicted of second-degree sodomy in 2024 following accusations of a long-term sexual relationship with an underage member of Gracepoint Church.
He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Online records from the Alabama Department of Corrections show Pitts has served almost a year and a half of that sentence at Elmore Correctional Facility.