PARMA -- Joshua O'Bannion, 26, of Gilbert, Ariz., was sentenced to 13 years in prison in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court today.

O’Bannion was a youth pastor at First United Pentecostal Church in Parma. Between January-December 2008, O’Bannion, then 24, sexually assaulted a 14-year-old female and a 15-year-old female who attended the church. The assault occurred in and outside of the church.

The victims disclosed the assaults to Parma police after O’Bannion was arrested in Chandler, Ariz. on Sept. 9, 2009 for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female there. At the time of the arrest, he was working as a youth pastor at a church in Tempe, Arizona.

His 13-year Ohio sentence will run concurrently with his Arizona sentence of 15 years.

He was also given five years of community control sanctions (probation).

O’Bannion’s grandfather is currently the pastor of the Parma church.