West Texas Youth Pastor Gets 90 Days in Jail for 9 Counts of Sexual Assault of a Child

By Joshua Fechter
San Antonio Express-News
June 3, 2015

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Robert John Weber, a former youth pastor at Second Baptist Church in Odessa, pleaded guilty Tuesday to nine counts of sexual assault of a child, a second-degree felony. He will serve 90 days in jail and 10 years deferred adjudication under a plea deal.

A former youth pastor at Second Baptist Church in Odessa pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sexual relations with an underage girl in 2009.

Under a plea deal, Robert John Weber pleaded guilty to nine counts of sexual assault of a child, a second-degree felony that carries a possible maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and will serve 90 days in jail and 10 years deferred adjudication, Ector County District Attorney Bobby Bland said in a phone interview Wednesday.

Weber also may not serve as a pastor or be near children that aren't his own without supervision or permission from the child's parents or guardians, Bland said.

A lack of physical evidence in the nearly 6-year-old cases and the desire of the girl, who was 15-years-old at the time of the incidents, to have Weber "accept responsibility" led to the deal, Bland said.