Alabama pastor who "raped" willing 14-yr-old LET OFF with no jail, here's why

COFFEE COUNTY, ALABAMA: A former pastor charged with raping a 14-year-old 
girl who he married after she became pregnant will receive no jail time. 
As per reports, Jason Greathouse struck a plea deal with Coffee County 
District Attorney Tom Anderson to downgrade his 20-year rape sentence to 
one-year unsupervised probation, according to Greathouses’ attorney, David 
Harrison.

Greathouse, who used to minister in Enterprise, a city in the southeastern 
part of Coffee County, now lives in Hendersonville, Tennessee. As per 
reports, his deal downgrades his charge from second-degree rape, a felony, 
to contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor. The pastor 
also reportedly does not have to register as a sex offender under the 
agreement’s terms. Judge Jeff Kelley has forbidden Greathouse from having 
contact with his former wife except for matters involving their child.

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Coffee County District Attorney Tom Anderson said on October 15 that his 
office made the deal because “there were extenuating circumstances that 
would have been allowed to be presented by the defense that very likely 
could have resulted in a mistrial or even a not guilty [verdict] by jury 
nullification.” Anderson said there are now “issues pertaining to 
custody/visitation that the defense would argue are the motivation for 
reporting [the alleged rape] many years later.”

The alleged crime occurred in 2008 when Greathouse was 24 and Ashley 
Pereira (her current name) was 14. Greathouse had been living with her 
family and had a sexual relationship with the victim. As per WTVY, 
Pereira, testifying during the October 14 sentencing hearing, told Coffee 
County Circuit Judge Jeff Kelley that Greathouse took advantage of her 
innocence. She became pregnant and her family forced them to marry, she 
claimed. By 2009, the couple had divorced.

It was not until 2020 did Pereira, who has built a life in Tennessee, 
formally accused the pastor of rape. The report said that since Pereira 
married Greathouse after the crime, which occurred 13 years ago, there 
were serious challenges for prosecutors. Thus, prosecutors “felt like this 
(plea agreement) is in the best interest of all parties.” They said that 
had a jury not convicted Greathouse he would have walked away without 
consequences.

“Anytime I have a client walk out of a courthouse with a misdemeanor 
instead of a felony I’m wonderfully satisfied,” said David Harrison, 
Greathouse’s attorney. “That is the same (punishment) as buying beer for a 
minor (would be),” a frustrated Pereira, who opposed the deal, said. 
Though divorced for years, Pereira and Greathouse had continued to spar 
over issues related to their daughter, now a teen. “When she failed to get 
custody of this child three times she comes down (to Enterprise) and 
brings this case,” Harrison said.

Pereira, now a businesswoman and actress living in Tennessee, said, “I 
hope to help other people — other girls — who have been through something 
similar.” She added of the pastor, “I think when someone doesn’t think 
they are guilty they are still potentially very dangerous.”

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