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Youth Pastor Pleads Not Guilty to Gay Crimes Against Four Boys

EUREKA, Calif. -- A former youth pastor and teacher's aide pleaded not guilty to charges he molested four boys he met working at after-school and church-based youth programs. Andrew Belant, 25, entered his plea Friday in Humboldt County Superior Court. He faces 19 charges. The allegations indicate the boys, aged nine through 13, were molested between January 2007 and March 2008. Belant is being held in Humboldt County jail on $300,000 bail. He could get up to life in prison if convicted.
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EUREKA, Calif. -- A man accused of molesting four boys he knew through his role as a church youth pastor and after-school program aide pleaded not guilty Friday to 18 felony charges. A jury trial for 25-year-old Andrew Belant was scheduled for Oct. 14, with a trial confirmation date of Oct. 1. The counts include four counts of forced oral copulation on a child, which carries a sentence of 15 years to life for each count. Other counts include eight counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child and six counts of oral copulation of a child. Belant worked in the after-school program at Lafayette Elementary school, at the Eureka First Presbyterian Church as a junior youth pastor and was a student in the teacher credentialing program at Humboldt State University prior to his March 1 arrest.

Posted by Editor at August 26, 2008 08:42 AM