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Bellingham youth pastor sentenced for child rape

9 years ago in Local

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KGMI News
By Tracy Ellis

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A former youth pastor at Bellingham Baptist Church is going to prison for raping a teenager.

Christopher Trent plead guilty to four counts of third-degree child rape.

He was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

The girl says she was 13 when Trent started sexually abusing her.

Some of the abuse happened at the church.

Trent was a married father of seven at the time.

He now must register as a sex offender.

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