Old Lyme Pastor Accused of Sexually Assaulting Teen Girl, Woman in Clinton

By Matt Buynak
WTNH
April 2, 2015

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Francisco Moran (Photo provided by the Clinton Police Dept.)

CLINTON, Conn. (WTNH) — The pastor of an Old Lyme church sexually assaulted two parishioners, one a juvenile girl, and threatened them with deportation if they spoke of the assaults, police say.

The Pastor of The Good Samaritan Church, 57-year-old Francisco Moran of Clinton, was arrested Thursday. Police say Moran sexually assaulted the teenage girl and an adult woman at a Clinton home on separate occasions last summer.

According to Clinton police, the victims separately reported the alleged assaults recently, and an investigation was started.

The West Main Street man is charged with two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault, two counts of coercion, and one count of risk of injury to/impairing the morals of a minor. He is being held on $17,500 bond and is scheduled to appear in Middlesex Superior Court Monday morning.