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HOUSTON (KTRK) — A pastor from a southwest Houston church is facing a felony charge, accused of molesting a little girl over a matter of months.
A young girl told authorities that beginning last August, when she was eight years old, she was touched inappropriately by Pastor Romulo Jimenez at her church, Cento Christiano Vida Nueva, which is located in the 8800 block of Synott. She said he molested her in his office, and in his car parked in the church parking lot.
A witness told officials she saw Jimenez acting strangely when he exited his restroom one night in February, and she found the victim in the restroom partially undressed. She says she alerted the girl’s parents.
The victim’s mother told authorities that the girl initially denied anything happened, but later told her mother about the incidents. According to court documents, the girl’s parents confronted Jimenez, and he told them he had made a mistake.
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