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	Ex-pastor Joe Flowers" Sentencing in Sex Abuse Case Delayed By Victoria E. Freile Democrat and Chronicle August 18, 2011 http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110818/NEWS01/110818013 Sentencing for the former pastor of a Rochester church convicted last month of repeatedly sexually abusing a boy will be postponed until tomorrow morning. Since the court received the pre-sentence report late yesterday, Monroe County Court Judge James J. Piampiano today moved sentencing to 9:30 a.m. tomorrow to give Joe. N. Flowers, 41, and his attorney time to review the document. Flowers, who was the pastor of Walk of Life Christian Center in Rochester since it was founded in 1994, was convicted July 19 of second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child. He was found guilty of having repeated sexual contact with a boy younger than 13 from 2007 to 2010, in his Henrietta home. Flowers faces two to seven years in prison at sentencing. He is currently being held without bail in the Monroe County Jail. The boy, now 12, and his mother moved to Utica. The victim’s mother was in court today and said she was disappointed to have to wait one more day for closure, but said she understood the need to make sure that the court is following the correct process. The Democrat and Chronicle does not identify victims of sexual abuse. Contact: VFREILE@DemocratandChronicle.com
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