CHARLOTTE — A former Gastonia-area pastor could serve up to 60 years in prison for sexually molested two young girls during church ministry trips to Haiti.

Federal prosecutors said Larry Michael Bollinger of Gastonia pleaded guilty on Friday in Charlotte to two counts of illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place. In addition to his prison sentence, he also faces paying a $500,000 fine.

Prosecutors said The 67-year-old Bollinger molested the two girls, who were 11 and 12, in 2009. A total of four victims were identified by federal authorities, including one he promised food and money in exchange for sex.

Bollinger was pastor at Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stanley. He and his wife went to Haiti to work with a group that runs a vocational school and medical clinic.