TEXAS/VIRGINIA
Richmond Times-Dispatch

By LOUIS LLOVIO Richmond Times-Dispatch

Geronimo Aguilar, the former pastor of the Richmond Outreach Center who was convicted in June of sexually assaulting two girls, goes before a Texas judge Monday morning to hear his fate.

The disgraced pastor, who has been housed at the Tarrant County Correctional Center since June 24, is facing up to life in prison.

“The punishment phase does begin on Monday at 9 a.m. CST. They will be calling witnesses, and at this time (I) think it could go into the next day,” Samantha K. Jordan, a spokeswoman for the Tarrant County prosecutor’s office, said in an email Friday. “I believe we’re asking for the maximum punishment, which would be life.”

Aguilar, 45, was convicted on seven charges: two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, three counts of sexual assault of a child under 17, and two counts of…