An Allegheny County jury convicted a former youth minister at a Wilkinsburg church Thursday of raping two boys and assaulting a third.
David Baird, 46, of West Deer was convicted of raping a 14-year-old boy and molesting a second boy. He also was convicted of raping a third boy over an eight-year period beginning when the child was 10.
Baird faces a maximum penalty of more than 100 years in prison for the two dozen convictions. Baird was a minister at Covenant Church, where he worked from January 1994 to August 2004. Common Pleas Judge John A. Zottola, who will sentence Baird on July 30, revoked his bond and sent him to the county jail.
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