88-Year-Old Former SC Pastor Takes Alford Plea on Child Sex Crimes

88-year-old former SC pastor takes Alford plea on child sex crimes

An Alford plea is when someone acknowledges the state has enough evidence to convict them of the crime but they do not admit to doing it.

Only On 8: Former Warsaw pastor pleads guilty to child sex crimes

RICHMOND COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A former pastor of the Victory Baptist Church in Warsaw has pleaded guilty to eight child sex crimes. During a plea hearing the afternoon of Monday, June 16, Albert Wharton entered an Alford plea for eight charges related to indecent liberties with a child and aggravated sexual assault. On Dec. 8, 2023, Wharton was arrested in South Carolina by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI and South Carolina’s Picke…