Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Meridian, ID, USA · 2026

Isaiah Teague: life sentence after abuse of a child he met as a youth pastor

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Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

youth pastor, trusted church and family authority

Organization

unnamed Meridian church

Archive classification

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The local court report identifies Teague as the child's youth pastor and a trusted family friend who met her through church. That pastoral position created the access and moral trust he then exploited while grooming and threatening her.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2026-02-03 · guilty plea and sentence, case CR01-25-20343

Idaho Fourth Judicial District Court, Ada County. Teague pleaded guilty to felony lewd conduct with a child under sixteen and received life imprisonment with parole eligibility after twenty years.

Documented coercion mechanisms

church-based access
pastoral trust
incremental grooming
threatened disappearance if the abuse was disclosed

Cited record

Sources

official corrections record sentence record Idaho Department of Correction, resident record for Isaiah David Teague, IDOC no. 164530 (accessed July 16, 2026).: The official custody record identifies Ada County case CR01-25-20343, the lewd-conduct offense, life sentence and June 2045 parole-eligibility date.
local newspaper court reporting criminal disposition and nexus Idaho Statesman, 'A Meridian youth pastor sexually assaulted a teen. Here's his prison sentence' (Feb. 3, 2026).: Detailed local court reporting identifies the youth-pastor and church-access relationship, guilty plea, life sentence, minimum twenty-year term, grooming and threats.
local court reporting corroboration EastIdahoNews.com, 'Former youth pastor sentenced for sexually abusing teenage girl' (Feb. 4, 2026).: Independent local reporting, citing the Ada County Prosecutor's Office, corroborates the plea, sentence, pastoral trust, church connection and threat evidence.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.idoc.idaho.gov/content/prisons/resident-client-search/details/164530 Corpus classification: official-corrections-record; evidentiary role: sentence-record. SHA-256 5293ab9a598fd92d03538cb32c9167655ab7fffe76866b2ec9dda955bb25d6bd
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article314566085.html Corpus classification: local-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: criminal-disposition-and-nexus.
Retrieval: 2026-07-27 · Retrieval failed; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/02/former-youth-pastor-sentenced-for-sexually-abusing-teenage-girl/ Corpus classification: local-court-reporting; evidentiary role: corroboration. SHA-256 a8f80eef4f38fb3f80a5e967955966e3b8843259afac74b19fddc839ba16b470
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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