North Carolina pastor pleads guilty to child sex charges

WENTWORTH, N.C. – A Baptist pastor and private school principal has pleaded guilty to performing inappropriate sex acts and sending several nude pictures to an underage girl in North Carolina.

The News & Record of Greensboro reports that 48-year-old Kevin Scott Heffner was sentenced to a minimum of 26 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to two counts of felony statutory sex offence with a child under 15 and 12 counts of felony disseminating obscene material to a minor.

Authorities say the girl was a student at Victory Baptist Academy, where Heffner was the top administrator, and a member of his congregation.

Rockingham County prosecutor Jason Ramey called Heffner a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” who took advantage of his status as a spiritual leader.

The report didn’t have comment from Heffner.

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Information from: News & Record, http://www.news-record.com

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