MINNESOTA
WDAZ
[with video]
By Ryan Laughlin on May 25, 2016
MCINTOSH, MN (WDAZ-TV) – A pastor is being put behind bars for sexually abusing minors. However, he insists he’s innocent.
In Clearwater County a community is in disbelief, but prosecutors say there was a pattern of behavior that lead a jury to convict him.
Scott Morey was sentenced Wednesday to nearly 34 years behind bars for being found guilty of 13 charges of sexual conduct with a minor.
Rick Mollin, Clearwater County attorney: “The pattern of conduct that we persuaded the jury to convict him on, was a pattern of conduct which absolutely occurred without question.”
The two victims were minors close to Morey. A jury found him guilty on 13 of 14 charges in a trial that began in April. Today, through tears, Morey read from a 4 and a half page statement proclaiming his innocence, comparing the trial to the Salem witch trials.
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