Former youth minister pleads guilty to 1 count indecent behavior

Former youth minister who was arrested in Feb. 2024 by the Red River Parish Sheriff ’s Office on seven counts of molestation of a juvenile pled guilty to one count of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Michael Ross McGrath, 44, of Natchitoches, received a suspended sentence of seven years at hard labor. He will serve three-years of supervised probation.

Conditions of his probation are to pay a $5,00…