Ex-pastor pleads guilty to child sex charges,sentenced to 30 years
- Former Wichita Falls pastor Paul Andrew Coleman, 69, pleaded guilty to child sex crimes.
- Coleman received a 30-year prison sentence for two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and one count of Indecency with a Child/Sexual Contact.
- The abuse involved at least two children and occurred at the church and Coleman's home.
- Coleman was the pastor of Good Samaritan Outreach Ministries.
A former Wichita Falls pastor on Friday pleaded guilty to sex crimes against children.
Seventy-eighth District Court judge Meredith Kennedy sentenced Paul Andrew Coleman to a total of 30 years in prison, according to court documents.
As part of a plea bargain deal, Coleman pleaded guilty to two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and one count of Indecency with a Child/Sexual Contact. As part of the agreement, a charge of Sexual Abuse of a Child Continuous was dismissed. Sentences on all the pleas will run concurrently, according to the documents.
The charges and subsequent indictments stemmed from allegations of incidents in October and November of 2022.
Coleman, 69, was the pastor of Good Samaritan Outreach Ministries on East Carolina Street. In affidavits filed in the case, Wichita Falls Police said an 11-year-old had made an outcry at Patsy's House Child Advocacy Center.
The child said Coleman threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the incident. The child said encounters happened at the church and at Coleman's house, according to court documents. Court records show Coleman was initially indicted in March 2023, then was indicted again in May 2024 on allegations of assaulting a second child.
Coleman's sentence is credited with 540 days spent in the Wichita County Jail, according to court documents.
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