A convicted sex offender from Bethel will spend almost two decades behind bars for the sexual abuse of a young child in New York. Patrick Lynch has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in New York for the crimes involving a child under the age of 11 that took place about a decade ago. Lynch was also ordered by a judge, to serve 20 years of supervision following his eventual release. His sentence will run consecutive to a prison sentence imposed in the state of Connecticut, where he was convicted last year of felony illegal sexual contact for an offense that took place in Redding in 2013. In that case, Lynch was sentenced to serve more than six years of a 12 year jail sentence behind bars. Another provision of the New York sentence calls for Lynch to register as a sex offender.