A minister at an Indianapolis church has pleaded guilty to bigamy. Spencer K. Osborne, 36, admitted to Marion Superior Court Judge
Heather Welch on Thursday that he was still married to one woman when
he married another in 2005. His divorce from his first wife wasn’t
finalized until months after the second marriage took place.
Marion County, IN prosecutors also accused Osborne of marrying a third woman last November while still married to his second wife, but he pleaded guilty only to the count involving the 2005 marriage.
Osborne was an assistant pastor with New Covenant Free Will Baptist Church on the city’s east side before his arrest Sept. 21. The church could not be reached for comment Thursday because there was no number in published listings.
Osborne was being held in Marion County Jail pending sentencing Oct. 20. Under an agreement with prosecutors, he would face a maximum of six months in jail.
He also is wanted in Kentucky, where he is accused of failing to pay nearly $60,000 in child support for two children. In 1993, Osborne was convicted of molesting a 7-year-old Indianapolis girl.
From the Chicago Sun-Times
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