Marshall, Texas, is in northeast Texas and is famous for its pottery.

And Pentecostals.

An East Texas pastor has been sentenced to two years in prison for an online chat from church with an alleged 14-year-old girl who turned out to be a Louisiana trooper.

Raymond Earl Cooper also received 10 years’ probation during his sentencing Wednesday. He’s the former minister for First Church of the Nazarene in Marshall. Cooper pleaded guilty Tuesday to online solicitation of a minor.

Prosecutors say Cooper used a church computer to solicit a person he thought was a girl from Lafayette, La.

A jury gave him 2 years prison time and ten years probation.  They took away his preachin’ license.

I’m not saying that every Pentecostal preacher in East Texas is a pervert.  I am, however, saying that every pervert seems to be a Pentecostal preacher.

Thanks to Michael for the heads up.