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Former SD Pastor Convicted Of Child Abuse Gets 3 Years

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CANTON, S.D. (AP) — A former South Dakota pastor who authorities accused of having sex with a teenager has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Fifty-year-old Tony Haglund earlier pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse. The Argus Leader ( ) reports Haglund was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine or up to that amount in restitution to the family of his victim.

Haglund was indicted last year on three counts of sexual penetration by a psychotherapist, sexual contact with a child under 16 and sexual contact by a psychotherapist. He was arrested on October 2014 in Florida, where he worked as a real estate agent.

Authorities say the contact with a then-15-year-old girl occurred between January 2011 and December 2013. He was a pastor at Canton Lutheran Church for part of that time.

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Information from: Argus Leader,

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