The girl said Shorter coerced her into having sex at least five times, beginning when she was 15, Seattle Police Detective Leslie Smith told the court.

"Shorter told her that if she loved him she 'wouldn't tell anybody,'" the detective told the court. "He told her that the last person he did it to told and he had to go to jail."

Shorter told the girl he would deny her allegations if she went to police, Smith added.

Here at The Hope of Survivors, we understand the damage and burden she's been left with. Our hearts and prayers go out to her, and all victims of pastoral sexual abuse.

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