Clark was convicted of separate charges that he defrauded the government out of nearly $600,000 intended to feed needy children, using the money to pay for a home, a car and other personal expenses. His prison sentence of nearly 20 years for the fraud convictions runs concurrently with his sentence for the immoral purpose conviction.
Clark isn’t appealing his fraud convictions, but his lawyer said a reversal of his other conviction would likely reduce his prison term by 10 years because his sentences were determined by grouping the two cases.
Clark, who was a minister at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church in Lubbock, met his victim in August 2005 on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya. The woman was a prostitute who was eager to get a better job or a better education in the U.S., prosecutors said.
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