CALIFORNIA
Orange County Weekly
By Josh Dulaney
Thu., Jul. 12 2012
A pastor was convicted Wednesday of sexually assaulting five boys in his Lake Forest apartment.
Oscar D. Perez Perez, a 69-year-old Lake Forest man, was found guilty by a jury of 22 felony counts of lewd acts on a child under 14, four felony counts of lewd acts on a child, and sentencing enhancement allegations for lewd acts against multiple victims.
Perez faces a maximum sentence of 330 years to life in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration at his Sept. 14 sentencing in Santa Ana’a Central Justice Center.
Perez was a self-professed apostolic pastor and bishop at Iglesia Antigua Católica in Laguna Hills. He met his five victims through the congregation, which operates out of rented space at St. George’s Episcopalian Church, and gained their trust by befriending their families and having the boys assist with church services.
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