A sexual teacher who sexually assaulted a 15 -year -old boy has avoided prison sentence after an appeal.
Reagan Gray, 27, was killed in the former Bill Clinton Church in Arkansas, where she was a volunteer.
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Nude photos were sent “on a daily basis” to her victim after they met in the Baptist Emmanuel Church in Little Rock, the Sixth Judicial Court was informed.
The court also heard that Gray wanted to “remain pure.”
Gray entered the court's guilt on Monday for one charge of sexual assault in the second degree, NBC Kark said.
Gray, from Monteeslo, was charged with ill -treatment in the church when she was 23 years old.
According to a reasonable written statement, it was presented in April 2024 when Gray 26 years old, abuse began in 2020 and continued during the summer of 2021.
This statement said: This was while she was an employee at the Little Rock Christian Academy and a student minister there.
Initially, she was charged with sexual assault in the first and fourth degree.
However, in a call deal with the prosecutors, Gray acknowledged that he was guilty of sexual assault in the second degree.
Judge Latonia Hunterpable sentenced her to six years in prison.
Gray was fined $ 1,000, and he ordered a sample of DNA.
It will be placed in the record of sexual crimes, and it should not have any contact with the victim.
After issuing the ruling, the boy's parents said in a statement that they were “grateful because our son has one less painful pregnancy,” according to the online mail.
They added: “What is difficult to reconcile is the number of adults who have failed again and again – persons with power, responsibility or influence who have appeared in the other direction. The institutions that protect themselves.
“The systems that made justice more difficult than it should.”
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The sin said that the teenager's parents had discovered text messages between him and Gray five years ago.
After alerting him to the messages, the priest spoke at the time, Stephen Smith, to Gray, who told him that there is no physical relationship.
The court was told that Gray met the boy in the church, one of the largest players in Arkansas.
The church sent her to advise after hearing the parents ’allegations – but it returned within weeks, and continued to abuse the boy, the court heard.
It was removed as a teacher
Later, during a consulting session with Smith, Gray admitted that her contact with the boy was “sexual in nature” and continued after her suspension, as the court was informed.
The police were summoned, and the boy told the investigators that they had sex between five and 10 times during the fall of 2020.
Silvan Hills Intermediate School removed Gray from its role as a teacher in mid -February 2024, after clarifying the charges.
About two months later, Smith preached for the last time as Emmanuel's sponsor.
He resigned amid criticism of her failure to inform his church of allegations of child abuse, according to Christian Post at the time.
Judicial cases
Claims against the church have been filed, claiming to cover sexual abuse.
The United States contacted the Emmanuel and Silvan Hills moderate to comment after the ruling.
A spokeswoman for the Bulaski Private School County said that officials have no comment “regarding this issue because Mrs. Gray is no longer working in our region.”
Bill Clinton has last attended the Southern Baptist Church several decades ago.
Farewell in January 1993, saying, “If it were not for this church, I think it would be actually impossible (that) to go to Washington next week as president.”
