Pastor admits abusing kids — but tells cops he asked God to forgive him: report

A Missouri pastor has admitted to allegations against him following a sex crimes investigation, police said.

Virgil Marsh, who told police he was a current pastor in Independence, was charged with sexually assaulting multiple children between 2011 and 2018, reported KMBC-TV.

According to police, the 71-year-old Marsh admitted that he had "inappropriately touched" one of the victims and "potentially kissed" another on the mouth but denied sexually touching them.

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Marsh also said he had asked God for forgiveness and insisted he was no longer the man who "had previously done things to the victim," police said.