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Byline: Karen Cimino
YADKINVILLE, N.C. _ A former Lincoln County minister whose three adult daughters said on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" last week that he abused them as children pleaded guilty Thursday to related charges and was sentenced to 36 years in prison.
His daughters howled and cried in the courtroom after their father was sentenced on six counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor.
Although they argued for him to get the maximum 60-year sentence, they said afterward they were happy with the punishment and could finally start to heal.
Ted Eugene Hendrix, 66, declined to comment as he was taken into custody after sentencing, rolling a green oxygen tank behind him. He was later taken to …