Summary

“Dean Harold Stone, former deacon, Heritage Baptist Church, Vinton, VA, was convicted of child molestation. He was sentenced to 48 years in prison for 12 felony sex crimes involving three young girls.

https://www.roanoke.com/webmin/news/ex-pastor-sentenced-in-sexual-abuse-case/article_15722a6b-e487-5a62- b7c9-3fa4602ae1cb.html

Former church leaders plead in sex crimes, Roanoke Times, 4/29/09 (Dan Silverman & Dean Stone)

Former Vinton church leader says he’s not a child molester, WDBJ-7, 11/20/08 (Daniel Silverman / Dean Stone) Vinton church members accused of child abuse, WSLS 10, 11/13/08 (Daniel Silverman & Dean Harold Stone) Two face child sex charges, WSET ABC-13, 11/13/08 (Daniel Silverman & Dean Harold Stone)(with video) Man pleads guilty to sexual assault in Franklin County, WDBJ-7 (Roanoke, VA), 4/29/09 (Dean Harold Stone)(see also Vinton church members accused of child abuse, WSLS-10, 11/13/08)

Two members of a Vinton church charged with molesting children, WDBJ News 7 (Roanoke, VA), 11/12/08 (Daniel Silverman & Dean Harold Stone)(with video)”

Source: SBC Database

Released to Guidepost Solutions, Sunny Lee, 2/28/2022