UPDATE: Pastor Anthony Baker said Richard Batson was paid by the church to mow the lawn each week, along with other odd jobs that needed to be done when church was not in session. Baker said Batson was not in a hired position that put him in contact with youth.
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In 2010, incriminating text messages led police to Richard Batson.
According to court documents, Batson bragged to a friend about having sex with his 16-year-old foster daughter and another woman.
Richard BatsonBatson pleaded guilty to the charges in 2012, in exchange for a relatively light sentence of four years’ probation. His attorney said at the time that he was undergoing a stressful divorce and drinking at the time of the incident.