UPDATE:: Former pastor sentenced to two years for arranging lewd acts with a minorA former pastor from Winnipeg is on trial in California, facing allegations he travelled to the city of Arroyo Grande to have sex with a supposed 15-year-old girl he met online.
On Wednesday, former pastor, 53-year-old Nathan George Rieger, was sentenced to two years confinement in state prison. Rieger was found guilty by a San Luis Obispo County jury in December, for arranging to meet a 15-year-old girl for lewd purposes, including intent to engage in sex acts. The Arroyo Grande Police Department arrested Rieger when he arrived at the pre-arranged meeting place in August of last year.
The Canadian citizen must serve his sentence in a California state prison. Additionally, pursuant to California law, Rieger is now required to register as a sex offender. A treaty between Canada and the USA allows Rieger to petition to serve his time in Canada, after beginning his sentence in California.
Nathan Rieger, 53, has pleaded not guilty to a felony count of meeting with a minor for lewd purposes.
If convicted, he faces up to four years in state prison, according to court records.
Rieger is accused of engaging in sexually explicit online conversations with an Arroyo Grande police detective, who he believed was a teenage girl.
He was arrested Aug. 10, in an Arroyo Grande parking lot, where he had allegedly planned to meet the girl.
Rieger worked as a pastor at the Winnipeg Centre Vineyard Church, and resigned after he was arrested.
Ex-pastor persisted when told 'girl' was 15 - Winnipeg Free Press
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