Ex-Texas pastor gets 10 years in prison, probation revoked

This photo provided by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office shows James Virtue Robinson IV. A judge has revoked the former North Texas minister's probation and ordered him to serve 10 years in prison over a 2008 sexual assault conviction involving a teenage parishioner. Robinson IV was re-sentenced Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, in Fort Worth. A judge determined the 42-year-old, who in 2008 was sentenced to 10 years of deferred adjudication, violated probation eight times. (Tarrant County Sheriff's Office via AP)
This photo provided by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office shows James Virtue Robinson IV. A judge has revoked the former North Texas minister's probation and ordered him to serve 10 years in prison over a 2008 sexual assault conviction involving a teenage parishioner. Robinson IV was re-sentenced Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, in Fort Worth. A judge determined the 42-year-old, who in 2008 was sentenced to 10 years of deferred adjudication, violated probation eight times. (Tarrant County Sheriff's Office via AP)

FORT WORTH, Texas -- A judge has revoked a former North Texas minister's probation and ordered him to serve 10 years in prison over a 2008 sexual assault conviction involving a teenage parishioner.

James Virtue Robinson IV was re-sentenced Wednesday in Fort Worth. A judge determined the 42-year-old Robinson, who in 2008 was sentenced to 10 years of deferred adjudication, violated probation eight times.

Robinson originally pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a then-15-year-old girl. Fort Worth police said some encounters happened inside Southwood Baptist Church.

Robinson, who resigned following his arrest, was required to register as a sex offender, not be with unchaperoned children and was restricted from participating in church services.

Prosecutors several months ago received a tip that Robinson started a new church and as a leader had access to children.

NW News on 12/13/2018

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