A former deacon at the Hays Hills Baptist Church was sentenced for improperly touching two young girls years ago to 10 years in prison Monday in a Travis County courtroom.
Charles Sweet, 85, must serve five years before he is eligible for parole, his attorney David Glickler told the Hays Free Press.
Although the case never went to trial, Sweet admitted in 2012 that he had also molested his granddaughter when she was young and as part of Monday’s proceedings the now 22-year-old read a victim’s impact statement, her father David Sweet said in comments issued to local media.
After that abuse came to light, Charles Sweet was removed from his position at the church and in fact “barred from attending any church .. basically put on family version of house arrest,” Glickler said. David Sweet said, in addition to that, the family sold his father’s car and did not allow him to leave the house alone. “He has largely been confined to home for the past seven years,” he said.
