OH Youth Pastor Gets Four Years On Child Sex Charges

Cleveland.com reports:

A former youth pastor who told a judge he began sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl after he mistook her for his wife, then continued abusing her for more than two years, was sentenced Thursday to spend more than four years in prison. David Walker, 47, gasped as Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Ashley Kilbane announced the sentence. Walker also must register as a sex offender, though the judge will have a hearing to determine the specific requirements.

Walker, who preached at Church Alive International, pleaded guilty in March to six counts of attempted sexual battery and one count of endangering children in connection with multiple incidents of sexual abuse. The victim said Walker used his position of authority to groom her into having sex. She said he told her that his plans for her to give up her life, to become his second wife or to continue having sex with him after she got married to someone else were really God’s plans.

Read the full article. There’s much more, especially about the pastor’s wife.