Preacher sentenced to 70 years in molestation case

DECATUR - A Superior Court judge sentenced a preacher convicted of molesting a 15-year-old boy to 70 years in prison - 30 years more than prosecutors requested. <br> <br> The Rev. Troy Brown, 30, who was found guilty last week, continued to maintain his innocence Thursday. <br> <br> ``I did not touch (the victim) in any form or fashion,&#39;&#39; Brown, pastor of Greater Anointing Tabernacle in Lithonia, told Judge Cynthia Becker. ``There was not one strand of evidence, not one that corroborated what was said against me.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Brown attempted to introduce new testimony to bolster his claim of a conspiracy. He told Becker that a juror had offered to discuss the panel&#39;s deliberations in exchange for money. <br> <br> Brown&#39;s lawyer, Keith Adams, said the complaint about the juror would be introduced in a motion for a new trial. <br> <br> ``I&#39;ve never seen anything like this,&#39;&#39; Adams said of the sentence.

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