PHOENIX (AZ)
Associated Press
September 17, 2018
A former pastor has been sentenced to 13 years in prison and lifetime probation for sexually abusing underage girls who attended his Phoenix church.
Maricopa County Superior Court officials say Jose Vicente Morales was sentenced Monday.
He pleaded guilty last month to molestation of a child, sex abuse and three counts of attempted molestation of a child.
The 51-year-old Morales will get credit for the more than two years he’s already served since his 2016 arrest.
Morales formerly was the pastor of Iglesia Cristiana Impacto de Fe, a small church in Phoenix.
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