Ex-youth pastor from Willis gets life for sexually abusing child
A onetime volunteer youth pastor from Willis won't be eligible for parole until 2046 after he was given a life sentence for his recent conviction on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Dell Ivan Godkin, 48, was convicted Aug. 11 by a Montgomery County jury, prosecutors said in a news release this week.
The victim whom prosecutors say was a relative told the jurors that the abuse began when she was 13 and continued until shortly before her 17th birthday, when they "made a deal" that he would stop abusing her if she would not tell anyone.
"He would say lots of things about God being OK with it," prosecutor Monica Cooper said. He would use Bible verses about men's and women's roles to justify the abuse.
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[font color=330099]When I was young a youth minister was someone who was in their twenties or early thirties. It seems odd for someone in their forties to be around teenagers.[/font]