MS Pastor Guilty Of Sex Crimes Against Autistic Child

Jackson’s NBC affiliate reports:

A former longtime music teacher and preacher from Rankin County has been convicted of a sex crime. District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced Thursday that Samuel Lamar Taylor, 52, was convicted of one count of sexual battery and one count of gratification of lust.

On August 23, 2022, the Richland Police Department received a call from Richland Upper Elementary School concerning an 11-year-old autistic child disclosing sexual abuse to his Region 8 counselor.

At least one other victim alleged Taylor abused him from 1990-91 when Taylor worked as a counselor at the YMCA on Flowers Dr. in Jackson. He will be sentenced on November 13, 2023, facing life imprisonment for the sexual battery and a maximum sentence of 15 years for the gratification of lust.

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Samuel Taylor, 52, former music teacher for over 25 years at schools across Mississippi & minister at several churches throughout Rankin County, dating back to the 1980s. has been convicted of 1 count of sexual battery & 1 count of gratification of lust. https://t.co/u2M632CU1u pic.twitter.com/KROOjXN9eB

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