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A former Des Moines youth pastor convicted of sexual abuse was sentenced Monday.View this story.Ryan McKelvey, 27, was accused of having sexual contact with two teenagers who attended his church.He reached a plea deal on charges of third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of sexual exploitation by clergy.He was sentenced to a prison term of 10 years for the third-degree sexual abuse charged and five years each for both sexual exploitation by a counselor or clergy charges. The first two counts will run consecutively and the last count concurrent.He could spend 15 years in prison.McKelvey is also being added to the Iowa Sex Offender Registry as part of the sentence.Des Moines police said they were contacted by a girl and her parents in August 2013 regarding the sexual assault.Police said that during the investigation it was discovered there could be a second victim. Investigators made contact with the second girl, also a juvenile, and confirmed inappropriate sexual incidents had occurred with her, as well.McKelvey was a youth pastor at Heritage Assembly of God church in Des Moines.Assembly of God pastor James Snow said he is happy justice was served. "He was very precise as a predator. He lured them in. He found their insecurities and he began to prey on those insecurities," Snow said.The entire congregation feels deceived by McKelvey, Snow said."I realized that he had deceived all of his life. Twenty-seven years and no one had ever picked up on these issues except for the ones he had hurt," Snow said. "Anyone who would do something like this to a child is a monster and they're not normal."The pastor said the church took action to notify authorities as soon as the first accuser came forward. He said the victims showed incredible bravery, and he hopes they inspire other victims of sexual abuse to come forward."If you come forward, you're not going to be made to feel foolish. You're not going to be made to feel as if you're not intelligent or (as) if you've done something wrong," Snow said. "There will be justice served."