NEW JERSEY
The Jersey Journal
By Michaelangelo Conte | The Jersey Journal
on February 26, 2015
It took the jury just over 30 minutes yesterday to convict a North Bergen church pastor of aggravated criminal sexual contact against a 13-year-old boy in 2012.
Gregorio Martinez, 47, who was described as a prophet and exorcist during testimony, was also convicted of child abuse and endangering the welfare of the child.
He was found guilty of touching the victim’s genital area and kissing him on the lips while inside the boy’s mother’s minivan in a Walmart parking lot in North Bergen on June 10, 2012.
The boy’s mother had gone into the store to buy diapers for her 4-year-old daughter, according to testimony.
At the time, Martinez was a deacon at Third Bethesda Pentecostal Church in Union City and knew the boy through the church, according to testimony. He is currently co-pastor at Elohim Church in North Bergen.
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