RICHMOND (VA)
WRIC
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RICHMOND, VA – After resigning amid multiple felony charges in Texas, Geronimo Aguilar, the founding pastor of The Richmond Outreach Center, will receive six months severance from the Richmond-based church and will continue to live in the church’s parsonage.
The ROC Board made the announcement Tuesday, saying Aguilar would receive six months of severance pay and would be allowed to reside in the parsonage with his family for six months.
Aguilar, known as “Pastor G,” and three other pastors’ resignations were accepted by the ROC’s board of directors last week, according to a release on the church’s website.
Aguilar is facing multiple felony charges in Texas in two alleged cases of child sex abuse.
Also resigning is executive pastor Jason Helmlinger, who is facing a misdemeanor charge of threatening a former ROC pastor who spoke to 8News about the allegations against Aguilar. Two others also resigned Wednesday: Pastor G’s brother Matthew Aguilar and Pastor Andrew Delgado, neither of whom are facing any charges.
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