A 74-year-old former priest will likely spend the rest of his life in a Florida jail after admitting to sexually molesting a 10-year-old boy in 1973.

Richard Pollard was sentenced March 10 in Hillsborough Circuit Court to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted rape and attempted forcible rape. While the rector of St. Andrew’s Church in Tampa, Mr. Pollard repeatedly molested acolyte and choir member John Benton.

Mr. Pollard still faces charges in neighboring Pinellas County, where he has been accused of molesting Mr. Benton and another boy while he was rector of All Saints’, Tarpon Springs, from 1974 until his retirement in 1992. A court date on those charges is expected next month.