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The former senior pastor of Smithville Baptist Church has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a young girl.
Thomas Wilson of 20560 Weaver Road in Watertown was arrested in January on a felony count of first-degree sexual abuse and a misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child.
The 63 year old pleaded guilty in Jefferson County Court to first-degree sexual abuse.
Wilson is expected to receive ten years probation when he’s sentenced May 27.
It’s also expected that he will be required to register with the state as a sex offender.
Wilson was accused of having sexual contact with a nine year old girl in the village of Sackets Harbor during the spring or summer of 2008.
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