Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleaded guilty Thursday to repeatedly sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s, and he will serve jail time as a result.

Morris resigned last summer as the senior pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, following the allegations. He was later indicted by a Multi-County Grand Jury earlier this year.

The 64-year-old appeared in front of Osage County District Special Judge Cindy Pickerill and entered a guilty plea to five felony counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child.

He will serve six months in the Osage County jail and then be on probation for nine years and six months, according to a plea agreement outlined by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond in a news release .

Morris must register as a sex offender and will be supervised

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