A FORMER PASTOR AT A KINGSPORT CHURCH ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH A 16 YEAR OLD BOY HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. HERBERT POWERS PLED GUILTY YESTERDAY TO AGGRAVATED STATUTORY RAPE. A JUDGE ORDERED HIM TO SERVE TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOLLOWED BY SIX YEARS OF SUPERVISED PROBATION. THE CHARGE STEMS FROM AN INCIDENT IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR IN WHICH POWERS WAS ACCUSED OF PROPOSITIONING A 16 YEAR OLD BOY FOR SEX. HE HAD BEEN SERVING AS MINISTER AT MACEDONIA FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND RESIGNED WHEN THE ALLEGATIONS SURFACED.