The Brief Adam Sheafe faces sentencing on Aug. 14 after pleading guilty to all charges in the murder of pastor Bill Schonemann. Sheafe confessed to the killing and admitted he planned to target over a dozen pastors across the country before his arrest. A man who admitted to killing a New River pastor will learn his fate in court this week. Sheafe confessed to the killing and admitted he planned to target 14 pastors across the country. In June, he agreed to a deal, pleading guilty to all charges in exchange for a life sentence.