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The Knoxville News Sentinel reports:
The former Maryville Apostolic Christian Academy middle school teacher convicted of sexually abusing a teenage girl who attended the school will serve six years in prison. Joseph “Kade” Abbott will not be eligible for parole and must register as a sex offender.
Abbott was charged in 2023 with three counts of sexual assault by an authority figure against the girl, who was 14 at the time. He pleaded guilty to all three counts. Charges involving the same girl were filed in both Blount and Sevier counties and were consolidated in Blount County, where Abbott was sentenced Oct. 30.
Abbott was arrested in January 2023. He previously taught at the school and was listed as a staff member as recently as August 2022. He was a celebrated worship leader, appearing on albums and working on projects with the church.
Read the full article. My 2023 report on his arrest is here.
Tennessee church worship leader & christian school teacher, Kade Abbott, has been sentenced to only 6 years in prison for grooming & raping a 14 year old student on an overnight school trip. pic.twitter.com/vCHc53Jndj
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) October 30, 2024
Joseph Kade Abbott, 27, former teacher at Maryville
Apostolic Christian
Academy & worship leader at First Apostolic Church
Maryville, pled guilty to 3 counts of sexual assault by an authority figure & has been sentenced to 6 years in prison. https://t.co/n0SSp1hZrm pic.twitter.com/WfLTydf27l— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) October 30, 2024
Leaders at the church school knew that Abbott was sending inappropriate texts to the student. They did not notify the parents or authorities. They sent her on an overnight trip with him, instead. https://t.co/zdTXupsGy2
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) October 30, 2024