PCA Pastor Pleads 'Guilty' To Sex Crimes Against Daughter, Receives 25 Years

Mississippi Pastor Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges

PCA Teaching Elder Christopher Willett has reached an agreement with prosecutors in his criminal case pending in Copiah County, Mississippi.  Almost one year ago, Willett was arrested and initially charged with statutory rape, sexual battery, unnatural intercourse, computer luring of a person, and child pornography. At the time of his arrest, he was serving as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. The church im…

PCA Pastor Pleads 'Guilty' To Sex Crimes Against Daughter, Receives 25 Years

Former Crystal Springs pastor Christopher Willett, 48, has pleaded guilty this week to statutory rape, sexual battery, and incest, resulting in a 25-year prison sentence as part of a plea deal.Willett was the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Crystal Springs, Mississippi (PCA) when he was arrested in March 2025 for sex crimes against a minor.His 19-year-old daughter, Lindsey, reported him to the police, stating that he had begun sexually ab…

Mississippi PCA pastor pleads guilty to raping teen daughter

A former Mississippi Presbyterian Church in America pastor pleaded guilty to raping his teenage daughter and was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday, authorities said. District Attorney Daniella Shorter Levy said Christopher Willett, 48, entered guilty pleas March 16 in Copiah County Circuit Court in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Willett pleaded guilty to one count each of statutory rape, sexual battery and incest, the district attorney’s office s…