Former Gatesville pastor up for parole in early 2027

A former Gatesville pastor is up for parole at the beginning of 2027 after serving half his sentence for the 2011 murder of his wife in a house fire.

In March of 2011, David Allen, 64, then pastor of New Life Church of Restoration, lost his wife, Paula, in a house fire that destroyed their mobile home near the church.

After the fire, the Coryell County Sheriff’s Department as well as the Texas State…