Former Lincoln City pastor accused of sex crimes | KATU

A former Lincoln City pastor is accused of seven counts of sex crimes.

According to a probable cause affidavit from Lincoln County District Attorney's Office, Mitchell Houston Conte, 35, is charged with two counts of third-degree sodomy, two counts of contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor, second-degree sex abuse, first-degree online sexual corruption of a child and luring a minor.

The brother of the victim found Instagram messages between the victim and Conte that were sexually explicit, and wasn't sure what to do. Later, the brother noticed the victim's window open and no one inside, so he went in to her room through the window and found more exchanges over Instagram between the victim and Conte. The brother confronted the victim in the morning, and the victim said she was with Conte at the beach.

Former Lincoln City pastor accused of sex crimes | KATU