TEXAS/VIRGINIA
Richmond Times-Dispatch

Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
By Mitch Mitchell Fort Worth Star-Telegram

FORT WORTH – Geronimo Aguilar, the former pastor of the Richmond Outreach Center, was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting teenage sisters in Texas.

Aguilar, who has been in jail since his conviction in June, faced a life prison sentence on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. He was also convicted of three counts of sexual assault of a child under 17 and two counts of indecency with a child, each second-degree felonies, each carrying maximum sentences of 20 years.

Before pronouncing sentence, state District Judge Louis Sturns heard a 1 1/2 days of testimony from people who have known Aguilar.

Witnesses called by Aguilar’s attorneys Tuesday said they did not recognize the man who seduced, coerced and sexually abused teenage and pre-teen girls and married women…