Anaheim Youth Minister Gets Life Sentence for Molesting 4 Girls

Published on August 2, 2024

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former youth minister for an Anaheim church was sentenced July 31 to more than 120 years to life in prison for molesting four girls and possessing child pornography. Todd Christian Hartman was convicted July 10 of eight felony counts related to sexual assaults on four girls as well as one felony count of possession of child pornography. Orange County Superior Court Judge Gassia Apkarian sentenced the 41-year-old defendant to 120 years to life plus another four years and four months in prison. He has 2,926 days credit for time served in jail so far. The case against Hartman started with Newport Beach police in October 2014 when investigators were tipped about child pornography on the defendant’s devices at his home, according to court records. Hartman lived with his mother at the time....

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