Canton pastor going to prison for crime involving 13-year-old girl

[Asia Joe]

ASHLAND COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A Canton pastor will spend three years in prison for a crime involving a 13-year-old girl.

Jesse Santos was sentenced by Ashland County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Stimpert Thursday afternoon.

Santos, pastor of Canton Seventh-Day Adventist Church, was arrested in February 2025 and charged with kidnapping, two counts of gross sexual imposition, and endangering children.

 

In January, Santos entered a guilty plea to the amended charge of abduction.

According to the police report, the crime happened at a campsite in the 3000 block of Ashland County Rd. at River Run Campground in Loudonville in September 2025.

https://www.cleveland19.com/2026/03/06/canton-pastor-going-prison-crime-involving-13-year-old-girl/

[Hanseng]

Should be going before a firing squad. A guy kidnaps and sexually assaults a 13 year old girl and gets 3 years in prison? He'll be lucky of he makes it out alive