WNDU: “The Kosciusko County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office confirms with ABC21 News an investigation is underway involving a pastor at a local church. The confirmation comes after a video was streamed from inside the New Life Christian Church on Sunday. During that broadcast, Pastor John Lowe can be heard telling the congregation, ‘I committed adultery. It was nearly 20 years ago.’ He went on to say that he ‘makes no excuse for his sin’ and that he wasn’t disciplined and would not ‘use the Bible to defend himself.’ ‘I have no defense. I committed the adultery,’ he said. Lowe asked for forgiveness and then told the congregation he was stepping down from ‘ministry responsibilities.’ The congregation applauded. A woman and her husband then spoke before the crowd. The woman said she lived in a ‘prison of lies and shame’ for 27 years. She then said she is a prisoner no longer. ‘If you can’t admit the truth, you have to answer to God,’ she said to Lowe. ‘You are not the victim here. The lies need to stop,’ she said. ‘A partial truth is not true.’ ‘It was wrong,’ Lowe said again as he spoke from the podium. ‘If I could go back and redo it all I would. I can’t. All I can do is ask you to forgive me.’ The congregation then gathered around Lowe and prayed. At one point someone in the crowd brings up the age of the woman at the time she alleges the pastor started the relationship. Lowe responded, ’16-years-old, ok.’ He then added, ‘It was wrong.'”

“ABC21 spoke with Indiana University Law Professor Jody Madeira in general about Indiana laws. ‘There is one particular offense that could apply, which is called child seduction. This applies when people in positions of trust or authority of a child, law enforcement, mental health practitioners, or anyone with a professional relationship with the child,’ she says ‘It affects children between 16 and 18 years old, again these people use their professional relationship to engage in sexual conduct with a child and that is the offense of child seduction. The statute of limitations is set by Indiana Code 35-41-4-2. Normally it says that these crimes must be prosecuted before the victim reaches the age of 31, however, there’s an exception to that. The exception is basically that if the state obtains a recording, a confession that provides evidence sufficient to charge the crime.'”