Editors note: This story includes some sexual content. Reader discretion is advised. The families involved in a harrowing church-rape trial waited three hours Friday for a Warren Circuit Court jury to return a guilty verdict against an Alvaton teenager for criminal attempt to commit first-degree rape. After two days of testimony, the jury convicted Barret Lawrence, 17, of attempting to rape a 3-year-old girl in the Alvaton Church of Christ bathroom May 16 and recommended the maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment. The girl was named in open court, but the Daily News is not identifying her or her parents because of the girls age and the nature of the testimony. The attempted rape charge was a less serious offense than the original indictment of first-degree rape, which a grand jury returned in August. In a passionate closing argument, Warren County Commonwealths Attorney Steve Wilson described the events that unfolded in the church bathroom when Lawrence, who was 16 at the time, sexually assaulted the girl.(Lawrence) didnt go in there just to touch her, Wilson told the jury. He intended to rape her. He did it because hes a pedophile, because hes a sick individual who is twisted, hes criminal. Wilson asked the jury to listen again to a taped Kentucky State Police interview taken with Lawrence the day of the incident, which they did halfway through deliberations. In that interview, Lawrence talked about masturbating on the girl inside a bathroom stall. Attorney David Broderick of Bowling Green represented the teen who drew pictures on a legal pad throughout most of the trial and asked the jury to find Lawrence guilty of first-degree criminal sexual abuse, the least serious alternative offered by Judge John D. Minton. Broderick cited testimony during his closing arguments from an emergency room physician who said the girl was never penetrated nor had any physical injuries. He also criticized the state trooper who interviewed Lawrence for asking specific, leading questions, he said. You may not like some things that happened in this case, Broderick told jurors. I dont dispute that at all. Based on medical certainty and probability there was no penetration. Im relieved, and Im sure you are too, to hear that testimony. After the jury returned the guilty verdict, they heard testimony for the sentencing phase of the trial from the teens mother, Kathy Lawrence of Alvaton. Lawrences mother described the teens increasingly difficult childhood since Tourettes syndrome symptoms first began appearing when he was a third-grader. Since then, Barret Lawrence endured numerous doctors, therapy, continuous medications and social isolation, Kathy Lawrence testified. Barret Lawrences Bowling Green psychoanalyst John O. Sivley testified that he has treated the teen for Tourettes syndrome and pedophilia throughout the past year. Sivley argued that if Lawrence is incarcerated his mental health will deteriorate and he will likely be victimized. The jury deliberated 35 minutes before recommending the 20-year sentence, causing gasps of relief from the girls family and sobs from Lawrences relatives. Final sentencing for Lawrence is scheduled for May 22.