A former pastor and owner a karate-themed St. Louis pizzeria has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for repeatedly raping two young girls in his care and producing child pornography.

Loren Copp, 50, was convicted last year of eight federal counts of child sexual exploitation and enticement involving four victims.

He was sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay $294,000 in restitution on Friday in US District Court.

He previously rejected a plea deal carrying a prison sentence of 15 years.

Loren Copp, 50, (left and right), on Friday was sentenced to 65 years in prison. He was convicted last year of eight counts of child sexual exploitation and enticement

Prosecutors said Copp, a pastor and karate instructor who ran Dojo Pizza out of this defunct church on Morganford Road in St Louis, groomed and sexually abused two sisters for a decade

The children ended up living at Copp's pizza shop and dojo because their parents were struggling with homelessness or were imprisoned

Federal prosecutors say Copp, a one-time pastor and karate instructor who ran Dojo Pizza out of a defunct church on Morganford Road in St Louis, groomed and sexually abused two sisters who had been in his custody since 2009, when they were ages nine and 11, reported Riverfront Times.

The children ended up living at Copp's pizza shop, which also served as a community center and a karate school, because their parents were imprisoned, homeless or battling drug addiction, authorities said.

According to testimony presented at trial, Copp began grooming the victims for abuse by touching their buttocks while playing 'the butt game,' which then led to him touching their privates and breasts.

'Eventually, Copp began raping both girls, and he would record the sex acts with a cell phone or video recorder,' according to a statement from the US Justice Department. 'While at the Dojo Pizza property, Copp would rape each girl multiple times a week, and while there he took pornographic pictures of one victim’s genitals and breasts.'

Some of the sexual abuse took place while Copp's then-wife was away.

Prosecutors said Copp began grooming the victims by touching their buttocks while playing 'the butt game,' which led to more touching, and eventually rape

Besides raping them, Copp allegedly forced the girls to work at the pizzeria as waitresses clad in karate uniforms for little to no pay. Prosecutors said the pastor denied the victims food and threatened to kick them out when they did not work, reported KMOV.

During Copp's federal trial in 2018, evidence emerged showing that the man had created a fake Facebook account pretending to be a 13-year-old girl named 'Chrissy,' which he used to convince three underage girls to send him naked photos of themselves during kinky 'Truth or Dare' games.

One of Copp's victims told prosecutors in a videotaped statement that in the aftermath of the sexual abuse she had suffered at Copp's hands, she had made two suicide attempts.

Copp acted as his own defense attorney at trial and presented a theory that he was being framed by a corrupt police officer.

The judge rejected his defense and sided with the prosecution.

At Copp's sentencing, a mother of one of the victims addressed the convicted child rapist directly, telling him: 'you stole my children's lives, trust and dignity from them.'