A Wayne County pastor has pled guilty to 13 counts of 1st Degree Sexual Abuse of a victim under 12 years old.
According to Wayne County Circuit Court paperwork, Gerald Dishman admitted to the charges against him after they were amended to lesser charges.
Dishman, of Monticello, was initially indicted on 13 counts of 1st Degree Rape of a victim under 12 years old.
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The sexual crimes dated back some 20 years.
A grand jury indicted Gerald Dishman with 13 counts of rape involving children under the age of 12 in May of 2011. According to the indictment, the incidents occurred between 1985-94 and involved two different children.
The recommended sentencing is 10 years, probated to five years.
Dishman was the pastor at Denny Hollow Jesus Name Church on Highway 200 in Monticello.
One of the victims talked to LEX 18 in 2013. Going by the name “Becky,” the victim said she was hoping for justice, saying at the time, “I think it’s a disgrace. Anybody that would go to his church? It’s a disgrace because he’s nothing but a hypocrite. Anybody who goes to his church I think they’re hypocrites too.”
Becky said she and her sister were the victims of the sexual abuse.
“It was in the late 70’s when he first started raping me and it went on until I was 15 years old,” said Becky to LEX18 in 2013.
Final sentencing is scheduled for June.
