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Former Michigan pastor sentenced for child sex crimes

Robert Auxter served as pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Monroe. He resigned prior to being charged and admitting to sex crimes involving a girl in northwest Ohio.

OTTAWA COUNTY, Ohio — A Michigan man will spend the next six years behind bars as punishment for child sex crimes he committed in Ottawa County, Ohio.

A judge sentenced Robert Auxter on Monday to six years in prison. Auxter admitted to two counts of gross sexual imposition involving a girl under the age of 13.

Auxter previously served as a pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Monroe, Michigan, but resigned before he was charged.

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