UPDATE:: An extraordinary breach of trust:' Boise pastor pleads guilty to sexually abusing girlAn Ada County pastor has been charged with two felonies after police and prosecutors say he inappropriately touched a 15-year-old girl staying in his home earlier this month.
A Boise man who ran a church out of his home has pleaded guilty to molesting a teenage girl whose parents had asked him to help her with her anxiety.
Bret Welty, 48, admitted to sexual abuse of a minor Dec. 4 as part of a plea deal in which prosecutors dropped a charge of lewd conduct with a child.
Welty was the pastor of the now-defunct Hard Rock Revival Church, which was attended by both the 15-year-old victim and her parents. Prosecutor Erin Pittenger said in court the sexual abuse happened Aug. 9, after the girl's parents had sent their daughter to stay at Welty's home for the weekend.
Bret
Welty, 48, is charged with sexual abuse of a minor younger than 16
years old, and lewd conduct with a minor younger than 16 years old.
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Bret Welty is accused of entering the girl’s guest room the night of Aug. 9 and touching her inappropriately for 30 minutes to an hour, until interrupted by his wife, Fouts said in court.
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Bret Welty is accused of entering the girl’s guest room the night of Aug. 9 and touching her inappropriately for 30 minutes to an hour, until interrupted by his wife, Fouts said in court.
“The defendant confessed
to his conduct,” Fouts said. “He stated that he’d struggled with such
behavior before, although not with victims of this age, this young age.”
Ada County pastor charged with sexual abuse of 15-year-old girl | Local News | idahopress.com
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