Teaching Pastor Andy Savage of Highpoint Church in Memphis, Tennessee, won’t be charged with a crime after recently confessing to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl while he was her youth pastor 20 years ago, Texas law enforcement officials say.
The victim, Jules Woodson, recently reported the assault to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department in Texas.
In a statement highlighted by Local Memphis, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office said they “researched the law that would have applied in 1998 for the statute of limitations” and unfortunately under the law that would have applied for that period the statute of limitations has passed so they are unable to file any charges.
“Using the current statute we would have some possible options but we are limited to the law as it was at the time of the offense in 1998. As a result we are unable to investigate and seek justice to the full extent of what would we normally would in such a case,” the statement noted.
Savage, 42, admitted Friday that he “regretfully had a sexual incident” with Woodson while she was a high school senior but had repented and tried to make amends since the assault…
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