HOUSTON – A former Houston-area pastor and bishop was sentenced to 40 years in prison earlier this month after repeatedly sexually assaulting his underage family member and fathering a child with her when she was 14 years old.

In 2023, 42-year-old Robert L. Carter was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child between the ages of 14 and 17.

According to court documents, Carter started abusing the child when she was 7 years old in 2008 and continued through her late teens, having sexual relations with her more than 600 times.

Court documents allege that Carter would go into the child’s room and make her perform sexual acts on him on a nightly basis. The abuse allegedly got worse over the years and would happen at multiple locations, including in their home, Carter’s grandmother’s h

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