No Jail For Pastor Charged With Sex Crime

Texas: A pastor accused of forcing a man to have sex with him, was sentenced to five years probation. Randy Scott was the pastor at The Bethel Temple Assembly of God in Bryan. Scott was originally charged with burglary of a habitation with intent to commit an assault.

The District Attorney's office lowered the charge to "tampering with evidence." Scott plead guilty to the lesser charge and was sentenced to five years probation.

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Shane Phelps, First District Attorney for Brazos County, says the case would have been difficult to prosecute because Scott erased all of the evidence on his computer.

"Pastor Scott purchased a computer program called "Evidence Eliminator" and used it to delete a bunch of information relevant to that investigation."