A Roanoke pastor pleaded no contest Tuesday to embezzling more than $60,000 from two elderly sisters.

The outcome of four felony charges against Richard E. Dent, pastor of Trinity Family Church on Ferncliff Avenue, will be determined when he is sentenced in June.

Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Joshua Dietz said an agreement calls for Dent to be convicted of one count of embezzlement. Two more counts of embezzlement and a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses will be dismissed if Dent can pay back the $63,340 he took, Dietz said.

The two victims were distant relatives of Dent but did not attend his church.

At a hearing in Roanoke Circuit Court, Dietz gave the following summary of evidence:

In October 2007, the younger of the two sisters, who was in her 80s, became critically ill and was placed on life support. Dent took the other woman, who was 91 at the time, to a lawyer's office and had her give him power of attorney over her finances.

Upset about her sister -- who died the next day -- the 91-year-old woman didn't fully understand what Dent was doing at the time, Dietz said.

Dent, who was executor of the younger sister's estate, ended up taking money from both women's bank accounts. Some of the money was spent on computers and a sound system for Dent's church.

Dent, 45, declined to comment Tuesday.