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Ex-Lexington pastor pleads guilty in child sex abuse case
Zachary King admitted to sexually abusing a minor church member and faces a 13-year sentence plus lifetime sex offender registration, with no contact ordered for 10 years.
- On Monday, former LexCity Church pastor Zachary King pleaded guilty in Fayette Circuit Court to seven felony counts, including rape and sodomy involving a minor church member.
- LexCity Church closed in summer 2024 following financial struggles tied to the investigation; a Fayette County grand jury indicted King in Aug. 2024 after church staff confronted him.
- Court documents state King "restrained" the victim during assaults. As part of his plea deal, he faces a recommended 13-year sentence and must register as a lifetime sex offender.
- Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said, "This so-called pastor's abuse of his position of spiritual trust to prey on a young victim was heartbreaking." Assistant Attorneys General Todd Willard and Amanda Morgan prosecuted the case.
- King will be formally sentenced on June 4. The court ordered him to have no contact with the victim for the next 10 years and will not object to renewing that order.
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Former Lexington pastor sentenced to 13 years in rape of minor - WNKY News 40 Television
FRANKFORT, Ky. – A former Lexington pastor is facing over a decade in prison on charges related to the rape of a young church member. According to the office of Attorney General Russell Coleman, 48-year-old Zachary King, the former executive pastor of LexCity Church, pleaded guilty to seven felony counts in Fayette Circuit Court on Monday. Officials say King pleaded guilty to first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, unlawful use of electronic mea…
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