A former Columbus pastor has been sentenced to three-years in prison as part of guilty pleas on two felony counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.

Our news-gathering partners at “The Republic” are reporting that 38-year-old Justin White, who was the senior pastor at First Christian Church, received a three year prison sentence on one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and a four year sentence on the second count, which was suspended. The paper says that Judge Kelly Benjamin ruled that White would be on probation for that four-year sentence, to be served after he is released from prison. In addition, White is not allowed to have unsupervised contact with juveniles during that time.

The paper is reporting that White pleaded guilty in August to two counts of aiding or inducing a juvenile to commit an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult. He also reportedly admitted to aiding and inducing a juvenile to deal in narcotics.

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