NORTH CAROLINA
WSOC
By Tina Terry
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Youth Crimes Unit have charged Orlando Agusto Caldera, 64, with 26 additional felony charges involving Caldera allegedly sexually assaulting victims while serving as an associate minister at his church.
Youth Crimes detectives were able to identify five additional female victims who they said had been sexually assaulted by Caldera, according to CMPD.
In a news conference, police said it took a lot of courage for those five little girls to speak up about alleged sex abuse by Caldera.
They told police Caldera, a former pastor at Memorial United Methodist Church, offered them gifts and candy to gain their trust then sexually assaulted them at the church.
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