A 50-year-old Perry man was sentenced this afternoon to 25 years in prison without parole for child molestation, a Houston County prosecutor says.
Richard Daniel Vorreyer was sentenced immediately after pleading guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual battery for acts committed against two children, ages seven and nine, Houston County District Attorney Kelly Burke said.
Vorreyer confessed his actions to a local church and then on his own accord turned himself into Perry police on March 23. He confessed to the molestation of the two children and more than a dozen others dating back more than 30 years, the prosecutor said.
"It opened up a can of worms that was quite extensive," Burke said in a telephone interview.
Vorreyer was tried on the most recent cases and the prosecutor said he was satisfied with the outcome, considering Vorreyer's age and the length of the sentence.
Burke said elaborating on the molestations could possibly identify the children involved.
While Vorreyer's "conscience got the better of him and caused him to come forward, his despicable acts toward children over his lifetime have forever damaged the psyche of many victims," Burke said in a news release. "We hope that the victims get the counseling they need and that Mr. Vorreyer forever pays for his acts. I trust that 25 years in the state prison system will go a long way toward that debt being paid."
Also, Vorreyer was convicted of child molestation in 1998 in Americus and received first offender status, which meant that for all practical purposes the conviction was removed from his record after he successfully served his probationary period, Burke said.
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