Samuel Mejia Garcia, 33, of Austin was sentenced on Thursday in Mower County District Court to 94 months in the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud for felony second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child under 16-multiple acts. He received credit for 332 days served.

Three charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child under 16-multiple acts were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

Judge Jeffrey Kritzer issued the sentence.

Garcia was arrested on June 19, 2017, after the victim, now a teenager, disclosed the abuse to someone at a church event.

The victim was reportedly abused “at least once a week” going back to when she was 10 years old.

The victim also said Garcia told her not to tell her mother because her mother would get mad at her.