Georgia pastor gets 35 years in prison for child molestation
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A Georgia pastor has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for molesting two teenagers who attended his church in coastal Brunswick.
Media outlets report a judge sentenced 57-year-old Kenneth Adkins on Tuesday. A jury convicted him earlier this month on eight criminal counts, including aggravated child molestation.
Prosecutors said the pastor pressured two teenagers — a boy and girl, both 15 — to have sex while Adkins watched in his office at Greater New Dimension Church in 2009. They said the pastor also touched the girl inappropriately.
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The male victim testified against Adkins during his trial. But the young woman testified the allegations were false.
Adkins insisted he's innocent. He told the judge at his sentencing hearing: "Most certainly I did not do the things I am accused of."