New Charges against North Aurora Pastor Accused of Sex Assault

By Dan Campana
Aurora Beacon-News
May 19, 2016

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Ralphael Robinson, 39, of Aurora, head pastor at Kingdom Church in North Aurora. (Kane County State's Attorney's Office)

Kane County prosecutors have added two new charges against North Aurora pastor Ralphael Robinson, who sits in jail accused of sexually assaulting and abusing a girl last month.

Robinson, 39, most recently of Aurora, has now also been charged with violating the state's sex offender registration rules and not properly reporting his job status when registering with Aurora police in April, court documents show. Prosecutors allege Robinson "knowingly furnished false information" and "failed to furnish current employment information" to authorities, according to charges.

Robinson - who is still described as the "senior leader of Kingdom Church" on his website - is listed as a sexual predator on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry stemming from a 2004 sex abuse conviction in Cook County. He was arrested and charged with criminal sex assault and sex abuse in April on allegations he fondled a girl while at the church on South Lincolnway Street. Robinson is in Kane County Jail on $107,500 bail with a May 26 hearing date scheduled on all his charges.

Records show Robinson is required to register as a sex offender for life, but prosecutors charged him in 2013 with failing to do so. He pleaded guilty last year to a single count of violating sex offender rules and was placed on 30 months of probation, which included a requirement to not commit any new crimes, court records show.