{"id":3975,"date":"2016-03-03T21:21:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T01:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2016-03-13T21:16:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T01:16:03","slug":"former-youth-minister-pleads-guilty-to-sex-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/03\/03\/former-youth-minister-pleads-guilty-to-sex-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Youth Minister Pleads Guilty To Sex Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/03\/03\/former-youth-minister-pleads-guilty-to-sex-charges\/guilty-plea\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/guilty-plea.jpg?fit=320%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"guilty plea\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/guilty-plea.jpg?fit=320%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/guilty-plea.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"guilty plea\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/guilty-plea.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/guilty-plea.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nA former youth minister at a West Paducah church has pleaded guilty to multiple sex charges.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Local media outlets report 45-year-old Michael Parsons pleaded guilty in McCracken Circuit Court on Wednesday to several charges including seven counts of third-degree rape.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, which will run consecutively to a three-year sentence he received in Ballard County in November in a related case.<\/p>\n<p>McCracken Sheriff Jon Hayden said the investigation into Parsons began in March 2015, after deputies received a complaint from the parents of a 16-year-old girl from the church&#8217;s youth group, saying Parsons had a sexual relationship with their daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons&#8217; 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