Pastor Matthew Queen pleads guilty to making false statement to DOJ, FBI
Pastor Matthew Queen has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to DOJ and FBI investigators.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
Pastor Matthew Queen has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to DOJ and FBI investigators.
Matthew Queen, a North Carolina pastor and former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary evangelism professor and interim provost, who pleaded not guilty earlier this summer to one count of records falsification in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention, has made an about turn and has now pleaded guilty to making a false statement.
Queen pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement weeks before he was expected to go on trial in the U.S. Southern District of New York on Nov. 13, the Tennessean reported. The crime carries a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison, but the pastor’s attorney, Sam Schmidt, believes the judge will recommend a sentence of several months.