Before moving to Rogers, Hurt, 33, worked at Cornerstone Church in Springfield, where her husband, Robert, was a member of the pastoral staff. Prosecutors charged her in November 2006 with having sex with a 15-year-old boy in early 2005. Investigators think the relationship between Hurt and the boy lasted two years and included multiple sexual encounters.

A probable cause statement filed with the criminal charges says police found out about the relationship after finding Hurt and the 15-year-old boy in Maple Park Cemetery engaged in sexual activity.

Hurt could have received a prison sentence up to seven years and/or a fine up to $5,000 for each crime. As part of her probation, Hurt has to register as a sex offender for life, successfully complete the Missouri sex offender program, have no contact with the teenager, and follow all conditions and recommendations of her probation officer.

"We reached an agreement to enter a guilty plea and hopefully that puts the matter to rest and everyone can get back to living their life now,” said defense attorney Tom Carver.

"Five years is normally what we get in a second-degree statutory rape case and, based on these facts in this case, that was proper for the case,” said Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Russ Dempsey.

In March 2005, the boy’s mother asked a judge for, and was granted, an order of protection for her son against Hurt, restricting Hurt from any legal contact with the boy. In October 2005, 13 months before filing the rape and sodomy charges, prosecutors charged Hurt with violating the order of protection.

In August 2006, Associate Circuit Judge Mark Powell convicted Hurt of a misdemeanor for violating the order and ordered her to serve two years of unsupervised probation, to do 100 hours of community service within six months, and to have no contact with the teenager or his mother. If Hurt would have violated that probation, she might have had to serve a six-month jail sentence. Court records show Hurt completed the community service by February 2007.

The boy’s family sued Hurt, Cornerstone Church, its pastor and three other members of the pastoral staff, including Robert Hurt, in August 2005. The lawsuit sought $10 million in damages. The boy’s family believed the pastors knew about the affair but did nothing about it.

Online court records show Associate Circuit Judge Jason Brown dismissed the lawsuit “with prejudice,” meaning it can’t be refiled on the same grounds. One attorney involved in the lawsuit says the family and the defendants reached an out-of-court settlement but all the parties signed a confidentiality agreement, so no one can say publicly what that the settlement is.

Because of the confidentiality agreement in the civil case, the teenager's mother told a reporter that she believes she can't comment about the criminal case but she is clearly disappointed that Hurt received no jail or prison sentence. The mother made a victim impact statement before the sentencing.

The mother told the judge that, before the crime took place, her son was involved in football, and played guitar in the church youth group. She says, after it happened, the teen stopped being involved altogether.

The mother also told the judge that Hurt should be happy she's not going to prison, and is getting a suspended sentence to get her life back together, something that she says is nearly impossible for her son.

"She (Hurt) is very sorry that all of this occurred and it was an extraordinary set of circumstances that led to these events and she is in a much better situation now, so hopefully this will be the last of it, and I'm sure it will be,” said Carver.

When a reporter called the office of the mother’s attorney, Scott Montgomery, to ask about the civil lawsuit, a representative of his office said Montgomery would have no comment and abruptly hung up the telephone.

“The victim has not sought publicity from the media,” said a statement from Montgomery last year. “The lawsuit was filed on the victim's behalf to make Cornerstone Church and Angela Hurt accept responsibility for the sexual abuse of a minor child by a youth director over the course of several months. Despite eyewitness testimony about the church's knowledge of the abuse, Cornerstone and its former youth director continue to deny all responsibility.”

Dee Wampler, an attorney for the church and the pastors, said last year that “they had no knowledge of any illegal activities of a former youth leader . . . Any claim that Cornerstone Church was negligent in any way is without merit.” The church and the pastors changed attorneys before Judge Brown dismissed the case.