VIRGINIA
Christian Post
By Leonardo Blair , CP Reporter
June 6, 2013
A swirling controversy over the criminal past and alleged sexual proclivities of the founding pastor of Virginia’s Richmond Outreach Center (ROC) megachurch, Geronimo Aguilar, came to a head on Wednesday when the church’s board announced that it had accepted the resignation of four of its five pastors.
“The Richmond Outreach Center held a Board meeting this evening, June 5, 2013. Upon mutually agreeable terms, we hereby announce that we have accepted the resignations of Pastor Geronimo Aguilar, Pastor Jason Helmlinger, Pastor Andrew Delgado and Pastor Matthew Aguilar,” noted the board in a terse statement posted to its website.
“We wish the best for the pastors and their families. The Richmond Outreach Center remains focused on those in need and we will never stray from this mission,” it added.
Pastor Aguilar, affectionately known as “Pastor G” was extradited to Texas late last month where he is currently facing seven felony charges including aggravated sexual assault of two sisters under age 14, according to an ABC 8News report. These assaults are said to have taken place before Pastor G founded the ROC ministry in 2003. If convicted of the charges he could spend the rest of his life in prison.
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