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Colorado Springs’ ABC affiliate reports:
A youth pastor at a Fowler church is headed to jail for just under two months after pleading guilty to lesser charges connected to the sexual assault of a child. An investigation into 46-year-old Gabe Geringer began in 2018 when a victim came forward. According to the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, Geringer was originally charged with felony sexual assault on a child and a pattern of sexual assault on a child in connection to a sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl that began in 2010. Investigators said Geringer was the girls’ youth pastor at Fowler Christian Church.
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The 46-year-old man was originally charged with a felony connected to the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. He was her youth pastor. https://t.co/yUGniovA9i
— KRDO NewsChannel 13 (@KRDONC13) August 12, 2023
Gabe Geringer, 46, was sentenced today to the maximum 60 days in Pueblo County Jail after he pled guilty in April to unlawful sexual contact without consent (a misdemeanor). Geringer had originally been charged with felony sexual assault on a child and (1/4) pic.twitter.com/6eXN1qECCZ
— PuebloCounty Sheriff (@PuebloCountySO) August 11, 2023
2/4 pattern of sexual assault on a child in connection with the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl that began in 2010. Geringer was the girl’s youth pastor at Fowler Christian Church. The victim reported the assault to law enforcement in 2018.
— PuebloCounty Sheriff (@PuebloCountySO) August 11, 2023
3/4 Pueblo County Sheriff’s detectives investigated the case. Geringer took the plea after his jury trial ended in mistrial earlier this year. In addition to the jail time, Geringer was sentenced to five years of probation.
— PuebloCounty Sheriff (@PuebloCountySO) August 11, 2023
4/4 He must register as a sex offender for an undetermined amount of time, but for at least 10 years. He has been booked into the Pueblo County Jail.
— PuebloCounty Sheriff (@PuebloCountySO) August 11, 2023