MANCHESTER (NH)
WMUR-TV, ABC-9 [Manchester NH]
April 1, 2024
By Tim Callery and Imani Fleming
Kevin Straughan sentenced to 7-20 years in prison
A former New Hampshire minister was sentenced to prison Monday after pleading guilty to several charges, including sexual assault.
Kevin Straughan, 68, was sentenced to seven to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and one count of second-degree assault involving strangulation.
Straughan served as the head minister at Agape Ministries Church in Ossipee and Moultonborough.
Prosecutors said the assaults took place in August and December of 2020, and Ossipee police first launched an investigation into Straughan in 2022.
The three victims in the case were known to Straughan. A victim-impact statement was read Monday on their behalf.
“I hope this victim-impact statement can shed some light on what my family and I have been through,” the victim said in the statement. “I can’t honestly put into words how much Kevin Wayne Straughan has taken from me and my siblings. I can’t wrap my head around the fact that this man took 13 years of my life and is only serving seven years in prison. This man has physically, sexually and mentally abused my siblings and I.”
A victim in another statement alleged that there were more than three victims. The Carroll County Attorney’s Office said it is still investigating.
Straughan originally intended to speak at Monday’s sentencing but later declined.
As part of his sentence, he will have to take part in a sex offender program while in prison.