A former youth minister with ties to an Oklahoma church has withdrawn his request to seal his criminal case records regarding an alleged sexual assault case in another state.
Patrick Stephen Miller‘s request to the Pulaski County Court in Little Rock, Arkansas, came after the state of Arkansas and two families who attended Little Rock’s Immanuel Baptist Church, where Miller worked from 2014 to 2016, filed motions objecting to the former minister’s criminal history being excluded from public record. Miller, who previously worked at First Baptist Church of Moore from 2016 to 2018, asked that his request to have his records sealed be withdrawn a few days ahead of a hearing on the matter set for early February, according to court records.
According to Pulaski County court records, Miller was initially charged with second-degree sexual assault, a felony, in January 2019. In 2022, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment. According to court records, Miller was convicted of misdemeanor harassment and given a one-year suspended sentence. He received 19 days credit for time already served and he wasn’t required to register as a sex offender.