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Written by Jackie Manternach, Producer
MARION COUNTY (KWWL) –
Former Pella Pastor Patrick Edouard, 42, will serve prison time after sexually abusing four members of his congregation.
One victim described it in court saying, “Edouard violated me emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually.”
Edouard’s accusers say he took advantage of their time in counseling on personal issues. But the former pastor says that he wasn’t counseling any of the woman, rather he says all of the relationships were consensual.
A jury disagreed with him on several accounts in August.
Edouard was found guilty of four counts of sexual exploitation by a therapist or counselor and one count of a pattern of sexual exploitation. He was also found not guilty of three other counts of sexual abuse.
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