Samantha Ketterer

A former minister at Houston’s First Baptist Church was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he admitted stealing more than $800,000 from the megachurch over a six-year period.

Jerrell G. Altic, 40, entered the plea deal on Monday in front of state District Judge Nikita Harmon. The one-time missions pastor accused of aggregate theft initially surrendered to authorities in December after a Harris County grand jury indicted him more than a year after church officials noticed questionable financial activity.