OKLAHOMA
Tulsa World

By JARREL WADE World Staff Writer
Published: 1/21/2013

A man accused of making a lewd or indecent proposal to a child at Victory Christian Center is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday where a judge could decide whether the case against him will continue to trial.

Israel Shalom Castillo, 23, has pleaded not guilty and has a pending motion to have the case dismissed, arguing not enough evidence was presented at a preliminary hearing to have him bound over for trial.

The lewd or indecent proposal charge involves a 14-year-old girl Castillo met through the church.

Castillo and Chris Denman, both Victory Christian Center members who worked as janitors for the church, were charged in September with separate child-sex crimes.