Baptist Pastor Gets Three Years On Grooming Charges

tnews October 20, 2023 1 min read

Springfield’s CW affiliate reports:

A former pastor from McLeansboro has been sentenced to prison for grooming charges. On October 19, 28-year-old Garrett S. Biggerstaff was sentenced to a maximum three years in prison with the Illinois Department of Corrections for one count of grooming. Biggerstaff was also fined $10,000 and must make restitution to the victims in his case.

The communications director for the Illinois Baptist State Association says that Biggerstaff was a pastor for Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Fairfield. They released a statement in January reading, “The church suspended Biggerstaff immediately and has not returned to the pulpit. Following his arrest, the church has scheduled formal action on his termination.”

Read the full article. Biggerstaff (!) appeared on our running tally upon his arrest in January.