A former pastor in Stark and Wayne counties will spend three years in prison for taking a 13-year-old girl on an unauthorized camping trip that resulted in her hiding in a bathroom and calling 911 for help.
The Rev. Jesse Santos, 60, learned his fate March 5 before Ashland County Common Pleas Judge David R. Stimpert.
Stimpert gave Santos the maximum sentence possible, saying Santos did not appear to take responsibility for his actions and was trying to minimize or reframe what happened with the young girl on their trip as a misunderstanding…