What to Know A NJ man snared in a child sex sting is going back to prison 2 decades after convicted of sexually assaulting a boy as a church counselor

Thomas Blumensteel was arrested in Sept. 2018 in a sting in which an undercover detective posed on social media as a 15-year-old boy

Blumensteel arranged to meet the boy for sex, prosecutors said; he already was convicted of sexually assaulting a boy over 20 years ago

A New Jersey man snared in a child sex sting is going back to prison more than 20 years after he was convicted of sexually assault a boy when he was a church counselor.

A judge in Ocean County on Friday sentenced 48-year-old Thomas Blumensteel of Manchester to seven years in prison for luring.

He must serve at least five years before he’ll be eligible for parole and must register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law.

Blumensteel was arrested in September 2018 in a sting in which an undercover detective posed on social media as a 15-year-old boy.

Prosecutors say Blumensteel arranged to meet for sex.