Former deacon charged in rape of teen

PENNSYLVANIA
WPVI

BENSALEM, Pa. – January 10, 2013 (WPVI) — A Pentecostal deacon is charged with the rape of a parishioner when the girl was just 13-years-old.

34-year-old Humberto Cervantes, of the 100 block of Seltzer Avenue in Coatesville, is charged with rape and related offenses.

The Bensalem Police Special Victims Unit began their investigation in December 2012 when the victim reported that she had been raped by Cervantes at a Bensalem Motel in 2011.

According to the victim, Cervantes was a deacon at a Pentecostal Church in Trenton, New Jersey when he befriended her. They allegedly met several times in Bensalem, going to several parks and talked about church, life and family.

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