RICHMOND (VA)
WTVR
[with video]
May 29, 2013, by Alix Bryan and Mark Holmberg
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR)–Pastor Geronimo Aguilar of the Richmond Outreach Center, who is currently in Fort Worth, Texas being arraigned on sex charges, lives in a $590,000 home in South Richmond with his family.
But he doesn’t own it. It’s the ROC church’s parsonage, according to property records. And as a parsonage, it is tax exempt. Technically, Aguilar – the founder of the popular Richmond megachurch – and his family can deduct every living expense, from light bulbs to lawn care.
CBS-6 checked the property records of the homes of the other pastors of megachurches in the area, and other random big ones as well.
All are either owned by the pastors, or a trust in the pastor’s name, property records show.
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