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Pastor Who Fled With 16-Year-Old Parishioner Pleads Guilty

Gustavo Resendiz Talabera, 39, of West St. Paul, was sentenced to five years in prison and another 10 years of supervision after he is released after he pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

A local pastor accused of running away with a 16-year-old parishioner after possibly getting the girl pregnant has pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct, according to a Star Tribune article.

Gustavo Resendiz Talabera, 39, of West St. Paul, was sentenced to five years in prison and another 10 years of supervision after he is released.

From the Star Tribune article:

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Talabera disappeared with the girl on Sept. 26, 2012. The girl’s parents called police to their West St. Paul home that day after learning that she wasn’t in school. When the mother called the girl on her cellphone, the girl said she had gone home sick. But when the parents got home, they discovered the girl wasn’t there and some of her belongings were missing.

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