ASHLAND COUNTY, Ohio — A pastor in Northern Ohio has pleaded guilty to crimes involving a 13-year-old girl, according to our CBS affiliate WOIO-19 TV.
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Jesse Santos was arrested on kidnapping, gross sexual imposition and endangering children charges in February 2025.
He is the pastor of Canton Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
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Santos pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of abduction on Jan. 22, WOIO-19 reported.
He will be sentenced in Ashland County on March 5.
WOIO-19 obtained a police report indicating that the crime occurred at a campsite at River Run Campground in Loudonville.
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