VIRGINIA/TEXAS
Richmond Times-Dispatch
BY LOUIS LLOVIO
Richmond Times-Dispatch
A Texas grand jury on Wednesday indicted Geronimo Aguilar, the disgraced former senior pastor of the Richmond Outreach Center, in an alleged sexual assault of a second child.
Aguilar, who founded the Midlothian Turnpike megachurch known as the ROC, was indicted Wednesday on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14, three counts of sexual assault of a child under 17 and three counts of indecency with a child.
The two aggravated sexual assault charges are first-degree felonies that carry a maximum term of life in prison. The remaining charges are second-degree felonies with a maximum sentence of 20 years each in prison.
The new charges stem from allegations of abuse beginning in 1996 involving a then-13-year-old girl, the older of two sisters. Aguilar already had been indicted on charges alleging abuse of her younger sister, who was 11 at the time.
Wednesday’s indictment means Aguilar will face two trials.
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