Ex-church counselor gets 13 years
Published: Thu, Aug. 16, 2007 06:00PM
Modified Fri, Aug. 17, 2007 05:08PM
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closeRALEIGH -- Brian "Doug" Goodrich Jr. was sentenced to 13 years in prison today for sexually abusing several teenage boys he counseled as a youth leader at Providence Baptist Church.
Before his sentencing today in Wake Superior Court, Goodrich turned to members of the victims' families and apologized.
"I apologize for the deceit, the lies and the betrayal," Goodrich said, crying as he spoke.
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Goodrich, 26, pleaded guilty to multiple sex crimes. The six victims were about 13 at the time of the offenses.
Goodrich was a student at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest. He volunteered at Providence Baptist, which has 2,700 members, and worked with the church's 300 or so children of middle-school age.
The offenses occurred between January 2005 and June 2006.
Raleigh police arrested Goodrich last year when an officer doing a routine patrol of Laurel Hills Park on Edward Mills Road spotted Goodrich and a 13-year-old boy in a parked car. Police said Goodrich had lured the teen to the park for a sexual encounter.
Police believe that Goodrich not only molested the teenagers but also encouraged some of the boys to engage in what arrest warrants describe as a group masturbation session.
Staff writer Sarah Ovaska can be reached at 829-4622 or sarah.ovaska@newsobserver.com.
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