Alabama Jury Convicts a Former Church Youth Director of Sexually Abusing Three Boys From His Youth Group

A jury in Blount County, Alabama, has convicted a former church youth director of first-degree sodomy and sexual abuse in a case involving three boys who had belonged to his church youth group, according to reporting published by Yahoo News and summarized by other outlets citing Birmingham television coverage. The reporting describes the defendant as a 58-year-old man whose alleged conduct dated back decades, with the three accusers tied to a youth group in the Cullman area.

According to those accounts, the verdict came long after the alleged abuse is said to have begun, a pattern common in cases where survivors of childhood sexual abuse disclose years or decades later. The reporting indicates the counts on which the jury returned guilty verdicts were each connected to former members of the youth group the man oversaw.

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