United States: Virginia youth pastor pleads guilty to indecent acts with a teenager from his church
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youth pastor with custodial responsibility for the teenage victim through the church
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A youth pastor's custodial authority over a congregant teenager, the exact relationship the 'custodian' charge itself names.
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Date in cited record · guilty plea and sentence
Virginia — circuit court (county not confirmed in press). Jordan Baird, a youth pastor who had faced up to 10 years, was sentenced to three years in prison plus three years' probation after pleading guilty to two counts of indecent acts with a child by a custodian, for abusing a teenager from his church.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- custodial authority over a teenage congregant in the youth ministry
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- press press report FOX 5 DC.
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- https://www.fox5dc.com/news/former-youth-pastor-sentenced-to-3-years-for-sexually-abusing-teen-from-church Corpus classification: press; evidentiary role: press-report. SHA-256 dbdb75444738b05a5a3fed4c8bc7b120c0a5112041b5c473fc109bf982ece3d9
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