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	Plea Deal Reached in Sk Pastor Sex Abuse Case By Josh Farley Kitsap Sun February 27, 2008 http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/feb/27/plea-deal-reached-sk-pastor-sex-abuse-case/ PORT ORCHARD A plea deal has been struck between Kitsap County Prosecutors and Robbin L. Harper, a former South Kitsap pastor accused of the sexual abuse of at least 10 girls during the time he was head of The Church in South Colby. Prosecutors and Harper's attorney, Tom Weaver, will both recommend to Judge Karlynn Haberly that Harper be sentenced to 279 months incarceration — about 23 and 1/4 years — when he is sentenced April 9 in Kitsap County Superior Court. Harper, 60, was charged Nov. 1 by prosecutors with eight felonies that emerged from accusations of molestation or rape by five women or girls, all members of the South Kitsap church Harper is said to have established. Detectives' interviews with the four — ages 24, 20, 20 and 16 — followed a familiar pattern established in the initial six accusations of abuse. Inside the ex-pastor's home or church office, Harper would inappropriately touch them — in one instance a girl at age 7 — and the incidents sometimes led to further molestation or rape, according to court documents in the case. If they questioned Harper, he said to some of the alleged victims that he was "preparing them for marriage," according to court documents. More information will be posted at kitsapsun.com as it becomes available.
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