GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP): A former youth pastor at a suburban Indianapolis church has pleaded guilty to charges that he had sexual contact with a girl who attended the church.
 
A Hancock County judge sentenced 61-year-old Steve Harding to spend two years in a community corrections program and a year on probation. Harding pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a felony charge of sexual misconduct with a minor for his actions while he was a youth pastor at New Palestine United Methodist Church.
 
Prosecutors dropped a more serious charge of child molesting.
 
Judge Richard Culver told Harding he took advantage of the girl's trust in him as a family friend and mentor.
 
Authorities say the sexual conduct happened in 2009 and 2010 when the girl was 13 and 14.