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The Tennessean
Nashville pastor headed to prison for sexually assaulting church member
John T. Vine, a former South Nashville pastor, will serve 22 years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage girl who attended his church.
In May, a jury found Vine, 68, former pastor at Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church, guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of solicitation of a minor.
Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Seth Norman delivered the sentence on Wednesday.
Vine met the victim at the Baptist church when the victim was a small child. He was an associate pastor at the church, according to a Metro police report.
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