A former Round Rock pastor was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison and 10 years probation for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his church.

For 13 years, Donald Roddy Clyde stood before the congregation at the Fellowship of Forest Creek as its senior pastor. On Thursday, Clyde stood before Judge Ken Anderson at the Williamson County Courthouse -- and Anderson didn't mince words.

"What you did was both incomprehensible and reprehensible, truly I can't see how a pastor could do what you did," Judge Anderson said.

Earlier Clyde had pleaded guilty to embezzling about $800,000 from the church over several years.

"I don't think he could fully explain it. I think he fell into a situation that he could not get out of," said Marc Ranc, defense attorney.

But the judge wasn't buying it and sentenced Clyde to five years in prison and 10 years probation.

"You keep talking about stealing from the church as if it was a building, but you were stealing from the very people who trusted you," Judge Anderson said.

Some off those people were in the courtroom -- still supporting Clyde.

"I think that the sentence was horrific," said June Barnett, church member.

Clyde has repaid about 350 thousand dollars to the church, but must repay it all as part of his probation and plea agreement.

"There's absolutely no way that they can make restitution if the man is in jail," Barnett said.

In Round Rock, no one wanted to speak on camera but the church did issue this statement which reads, "As the legal proceedings have drawn to a close, we are hopeful that our church an also close this chapter and focus on the future."

While many of Clyde's former church members still support him, at least one neighbor feels Clyde got the punishment he deserves.

"I think he was just very, extremely greedy," said Marshall Smith, real estate broker.

Smith says Clyde tried to take advantage of him on a land deal right after Smith had heart surgery.

"Right then I saw there was no compassion with this man at all. He was going to be my neighbor and he was still trying to grab at all the money he could," Smith said.

After his time in jail, Clyde's probation contains some conditions which include never attending any church longer than 24 months or ever serving in a position of church leadership. Also, for four days every August, Clyde will have to go back to jail to remind him of what he's done.