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  Man Sentenced up to 45 Years for Sex Abuse

WOOD
May 14, 2007

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Grand Haven - A once-trusted church worker and volunteer in Holland was sentenced Monday for three cases of criminal sexual conduct.

Eric VanderYacht, 50, will spend the next 15-45 years behind bars for his assaults against young children.

Grand Haven, May 14, 2007, 5:03 pm A once-trusted church worker and volunteer in Holland was sentenced Monday for three cases of criminal sexual conduct.

Vander Yacht apologized for his crimes at his sentencing. "I do not have enough words to say how sorry I am for the pain that I have caused so many people," he said.

He told the judge he's entered a treatment program, and asked that he be allowed to continue that program while behind bars.

 
 

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