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Love was the pastor of New Mount Zion Baptist Church in Brooklyn.mber 2016.
By Forum Staff
The husband of a Queens babysitter has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for sexually abusing a six-year-old girl in his wife’s care.
James Love, a 46-year-old minister from Woodside abused the girl over the span of about a year from June 2015, through June 2016.
“A jury listened to all the evidence and convicted the defendant of sexually abusing an innocent, little girl. The victim’s mother dropped off the youngster at a trusted babysitter’s home, said District Attorney Brown. “She had every expectation that her daughter would be cared for and protected, but instead the husband of the sitter took advantage of the girl’s proximity and repeatedly violated her for his own sexual gratification. The defendant will be incarcerated to punish him for these acts as well as to protect others from his depraved impulses.”
Love was found guilty of first-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child earlier this month. Justice Kenneth C. Holder, this week sentenced Love to seven years in prison to be followed by 10 years’ post release supervision. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.
According to trial testimony, on numerous occasions between June 2015, and June 2016, when the child was just six years old, the church pastor touched the victim’s vagina through her clothes. The defendant – again through clothing – rubbed his penis against the girl’s vagina. The defendant tried to kiss the child and exposed his genitals and forced the victim to touch him as well.
