# LIVE: Former pastor Caleb Flynn sentenced for murder

https://mins.news/en/video/86787

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-05 16:55 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mth7O5qnYlk

> Caleb Flynn, a former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol,” has been convicted of killing his wife and is scheduled to be sentenced. He previously claimed that a burglar shot her, while he was having an affair.

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