CHARDON, Ohio (WOIO) - A Thompson Township pastor was sentenced to two years in prison Friday morning for sexually abusing his daughters.

Dennis Laferty plead guilty to two counts of gross sexual imposition and one count of sexual imposition June 22.

Laferty, 37, was indicted following an investigation by detectives into allegations of sexual abuse involving minors between Nov. 30 2019 and Jan. 30.

Laferty was the pastor at the Thompson United Methodist Church. The church now has a new name and pastor.

  • @reddig33
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    31 year ago

    Two years doesn’t seem like long enough.

    • @DevCatOPM
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      21 year ago

      Nowhere near long enough.

  • @DevCatOPM
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    11 year ago

    Was changing the name of the church so reporters won’t be able to easily make the connection the next time one of their youth pastors diddles a little kid?

    • @ZombieZookeeper
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      11 year ago

      I doubt it. Most Catholic churches have had the same name for decades

      • @DevCatOPM
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        11 year ago

        Laferty was the pastor at the Thompson United Methodist Church. The church now has a new name and pastor.

        Not Catholic.

  • Drusas
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    11 year ago

    How does one pronounce “Geauga”? Gay-ow’-guh? Go’-guh?