CA Youth Pastor Sentenced To 12 Years For Child Sex

The Modesto Bee reports:

A Modesto man who stepped down from his role as a church youth leader a month before his arrest has pleaded guilty to molesting a family member. Michael Sasser, 41, was arrested in April on suspicion of three counts of child molestation for acts that occurred during a period of months in 2022.

On Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to the continuous sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. As a result of the plea, two other counts of child molestation were dropped.

Sasser was co-leader of the student ministry at Redeemer Church on H Street in Modesto. He has been in the Stanislaus County jail since his March arrest and will soon be transferred to prison.

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