TN - Jacob Woods, former youth pastor, charged with 5 counts of statutory rape, Smyrna, 18 May 2022

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SMYRNA, Tenn. (WKRN) – A former youth pastor in Smyrna was indicted on five counts of statutory rape by an authority figure. Jacob Woods worked with children at Rutherford County Baptist Church in Smyrna. A family member of the victim told News 2 that is where he began grooming the victim when she was 15 years old.

“It’s disgusting. I’ve been going to that church or I was going for 15 years,” the relative who we are choosing not to identify explained.

According to a receptionist at the church, Woods hasn’t worked there for a while, and they have no comment on the investigation.

More at ‘It’s disgusting’: Family reacts to Rutherford County youth pastor sex charges

 

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Detailed Results

Jacob Woods pled guilty to one count of attempted statutory rape and received a 4 year sentence which ends in May 2027.

 

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Detailed Results

Jacob Woods pled guilty to one count of attempted statutory rape and received a 4 year sentence which ends in May 2027.

If he had been growing pot in his garden the state would have buried him.