Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., announced on 4/4/2011, the guilty plea of JEREMY FULTON, 28, a former minister at Mariners’ Temple Baptist Church in Lower Manhattan, for the rape and sexual abuse of five girls who attended his church. FULTON, who also served as the associate director of the church’s after-school and summer camp programs, pled guilty to Rape in the First Degree and is expected to be sentenced on May 20, 2011, to 22 years in prison, followed by 20 years of post-release supervision. “This defendant used his position of authority and respect to win the trust of parents and gain unfettered access to children for the purpose of sexually abusing these girls,” said District Attorney Vance. “Children who survive sexual abuse often face a lifetime of recovery, and prosecutions like this bring justice to those victims and their families. Putting an offender like this in prison also saves other victims he might have preyed upon.”