‘I trusted the pastors’: Mother of victim speaks out after church leader sentenced

The Brief

  • The mother of a boy who was sexually abused by his worship leader is speaking out after Marcus Kendall Turner was sentenced.
  • The boy’s mother told FOX 5 how learning of her son’s abuse devastated her.
  • Turner is facing additional charges in Cobb County.

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. A former church leader has been sentenced to 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole for child sex crimes, marking the end of a legal battle in Cherokee County that the victim’s mother says has left her family changed forever.

The backstory:

Marcus Kendall Turner, who Cherokee County prosecutors said previously served in a leadership role at Worship with Wonders church in Cobb County, was sentenced last week in Cherokee County.

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