A former youth supervisor at a Christian school in Lancaster was sentenced Tuesday for molesting two girls during church services at Grace Chapel Church.
Jonathan Michael Macy entered a plea of no contest on Sept. 12 to one count of lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14 and a special allegation of more than one victim, according to a news release from the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office.
On Tuesday, he was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison.
The 31-yaer-old was charged with molested the two girls, ages 11 and 12, during Sunday church services at Grace Chapel over a period of a year beginning in August 2013, the release stated.
The investigation initially began when an allegation was reported by one of the girls.
A second alleged victim came forward while detectives were working on the first case, prosecutors said.
Macy worked at Grace Chapel and Desert Christian School, both on the same Lancaster campus.
He was also employed as a substitute teacher at St. Mary’s School and Grace Lutheran School.