United States: former Minnesota pastor sentenced to life for repeated sexual assault of a child at his Wisconsin cabin
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Convicted
Authority role
pastor of Neighbors to Nations church, Princeton, Minnesota
Organization
Neighbors to Nations, Princeton, Minnesota
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A pastor's congregation-based relationship with a family gave him the sustained private access — at his own cabin, over five years — that made the abuse of their young child possible.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
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Proceedings
2026-05-12 · jury conviction and sentence
Douglas County Circuit Court, Wisconsin. Jeffrey Anthony Charles, 65, pastor of Neighbors to Nations church in Princeton, Minnesota, was convicted after a three-day trial (verdict 8 Jan 2026) and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of release for the repeated sexual assault of a child at his cabin in the Town of Summit, Wisconsin, from 2005 to 2010, when the victim was aged 3 to 8. He had a prior 1997 Iowa conviction for third-degree sexual abuse. Prosecuted by the Douglas County District Attorney with the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- a pastor's standing with a congregant family used to secure repeated private access to their child at his own cabin, sustained over five years
Cited record
Sources
- press press report Northern News Now, 12 May 2026.
Sentence, trial date, prior conviction, prosecuting agencies.
- press press report FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Cabin location and abuse timeline.
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- https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2026/05/12/former-princeton-pastor-sentenced-life-prison-repeated-sexual-assault-child/ Corpus classification: press; evidentiary role: press-report. SHA-256 731f4a2e03c06aa4cca725c27d3fcfc3215df736e4ec1799b2e2e5c2a7519b60
- Retrieval
- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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- Source and tier basis
- https://www.fox9.com/news/former-minnesota-pastor-sentenced-life-child-sex-assault-wisconsin-cabin Corpus classification: press; evidentiary role: press-report. SHA-256 edeee549235aff98d471342ce81fb957cf62c541d8c209a5e952615420ea31be
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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