CALIFORNIA
Press-Telegram
By Greg Yee, Press-Telegram
POSTED: 08/04/14
A Norwalk associate pastor accused of molesting as many as 20 female church members over the past eight years is scheduled to stand trial today.
Jorge Juan Castro, 55, was arrested in September after reports of the abuse. He was charged with six felony counts in connection with the alleged sexual assaults of four women between ages 18 and 39 while he worked as an associate pastor and counselor at Las Buenas Nuevas Church, 11910 Alondra Blvd.
The alleged crimes took place between 2004 and 2012.
Although 20 women reported being assaulted by Castro, only four were willing to speak with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detectives.
Castro’s alleged victims were primarily Spanish-speaking, undocumented immigrants. He is accused of using this against them, threatening them with deportation.
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