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$2 million bail for Salem pastor accused of raping child he met at church

KATU
July 8, 2016

http://katu.com/news/local/salem-pastor-accused-of-raping-child-to-appear-in-court

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A $2 million bail was set Thursday for a Salem pastor accused of raping a child he met at church.

Mauricio Aguilera-Garcia, 55, was arrested this week for rape, sodomy and unlawful sexual penetration charges.

Marion County Sheriff's deputies say he met his victim at his church, Our Father's House. That church rents space from the Solid Rock Community Church on Ward Drive NE in Salem.

Investigators say the alleged victim was just 13 when the abuse started, and is now an adult.

Aguilera-Garcia was convicted of sex abuse in 1985 but was never listed as a registered sex offender.

"In 1989, the Sex Offender Registry was enacted. So he was convicted prior to that law being enacted, therefore he wasn't required to register as a sex offender," Lt. Chris Baldridge with Marion County Sheriff's Office said.

But Baldridge said that conviction still should have been spotted by a routine background check. He doesn't know if the church ever ran one, and no one was at the church when KATU News visited Thursday.




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