A North Texas church leader is a lifetime registered sex offender after serving time in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, court records show.
and served 10 years at a Texas prison, according to court records.
Adair, 64, serves as a preaching minister at Grace Place Church of Christ in Duncanville and actively volunteers in the prison ministry at Watermark Community Church in Dallas. Both acknowledging Adair鈥檚 prior time in prison, but don鈥檛 specify his charges.
Grace Place said in an email they are aware of Adair's previous record and status as a registered sex offender.
"Mr. Adair has no legal restrictions preventing him from any of the activities which occur at either Grace Place Properties or the Grace Place Church," the church said. "Both the Grace Place Church and Grace Place Properties families believe in these principles and are active in forgiving and encouraging those who seek restoration."
Watermark Community Church elders said in a statement they are aware of Adair's previous conviction and does not work with any minors at the church.
"Mr. Adair鈥檚 past has disqualified him from ministering to minors, but it has not disqualified him from the grace of God or participation in the body of Christ through service to other adults 鈥� including through our recovery and prison ministries," the elders said.
四虎影院 has reached out to Adair for a comment.
Adair told he realized he crossed legal and moral boundaries in the past.
While working for a church in Oklahoma in 1992, Adair told The News he had a 鈥渂rief affair鈥� with a girl who was a high school senior in his youth group.
鈥淚 can鈥檛 justify it,鈥� Adair told The News, 鈥渂ecause it is inappropriate at every level.鈥�
Adair met the victim at Golf Course Road Church of Christ in Midland later that year, according to The News. She was 13 years old and Adair told his wife at the time he was counseling her. In December 1994, The News said Adair resigned to avoid being fired for his relationship with the victim after the church community began questioning their relationship.
Adair told The News they 鈥渄ecided to run鈥� when the victim鈥檚 parents discovered they were still in a relationship in 1995. That landed Adair in America鈥檚 Most Wanted list before he was arrested 11 days later, The News reported. He was later convicted and served 10 years in prison, according to court records.
While in prison, The News said Adair, 38 at the time, married his victim the day after her 18th birthday. She filed for divorce two years later.
Adair returned to Dallas in 2005 while on parole and joined Skillman Church of Christ.
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