Legal scrutiny fell on a Casper man after multiple young women said he’d molested them in their prepubescent years – and after the man started confessing his “inappropriate” acts to fellow members of his church, court documents say.

John Byrum Dierenfeldt, 60, pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree sexual abuse of a minor earlier this month, after establishing a plea agreement to dismiss two more severe counts of first-degree and second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, according to an order filed last week in the Natrona County District Court.

Each of the third-degree charges is punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

Natrona County District Court Judge Joshua Eames at a later sentencing date can choose an appropriate sentence for Dierenfeldt that is within the legal maximum for th

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