LANCASTER, S.C. — A Lancaster minister of music for more than four decades has been sentenced to 25 years after pleading guilty to sex assaults on children. The Rock Hill Herald reports 63-year-old Dennis Fred Rutledge pleaded guilty Tuesday. Prosecutors say Rutledge was scheduled for trial Tuesday afternoon on first-degree sex assault with a child under age 11, but agreed to plead guilty before the trial began. read more

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