TEXAS
WRIC

By Kerri O’Brien
Published: October 12, 2015

FORT WORTH, Texas (WRIC) — Sentencing for the former Richmond mega church pastor Geronimo Aguilar began with emotional testimony from one of the victims, but also new explosive allegations — a Richmond woman who says the former pastor got her pregnant and paid for her abortion.

“We were having an affair,” said Kelly Richey, a former Richmond Outreach Center parishioner. “I went to him and told him I would abort but I didn’t have any money.”

While cross examining, Aguilar’s attorney asked every witness about the outreach of the former ROC church and the difference it made in the Richmond community. It appears to be part of an effort to show Aguilar, who founded the mega church, did some good in his life.

So far, the judge has heard from more than six witnesses for the prosecution including the…