Former Alabama pastor pleads guilty to raping, sexually abusing young girls
By Jeremy Gray | jgray@al.com AL.com
Clarke Co., AL
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A former Clarke County pastor today pleaded guilty to charges of raping, sexually abusing and sodomizing multiple young girls. Aka Secondary Package /gallery-preview gallery-preview Aka Story Package series
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Mack Charles Andrews Jr., 55, will serve 15 years in prison as part of the plea agreement.
Andrews was expected to stand trial starting today on charges involving multiple minors in the late 80s and into the 90s when he was pastor of the First United Pentacostal Church in Thomasville and principal of Faith Christian Academy.
Andrews was arrested on Oct. 3, 2013 on multiple counts of rape, sexual abuse, attempted rape, sodomy and sexual torture, according to court records. He is being held at the Clarke County Jail on $500,000 bond.
Warrants filed by Thomasville police at the time of the arrest outline charges involving multiple minors in the late 80s and into the 90s.