NEW JERSEY
The Jersey Journal
By Patrick Villanova | The Jersey Journal
The long-delayed sentencing of a North Bergen pastor convicted of child molestation has been adjourned until this summer.
Gregorio Martinez, who in 2015 was found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage boy and left the country before being sentenced for his crime, was set to learn his fate this morning. However, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said the sentencing has been postponed until July 7.
In February 2015, Martinez was convicted of touching a 13-year-old’s genital area and kissing him on the lips inside a minivan in 2012. Martinez, who was out on bail during his trial, remained a free man until his sentencing but was nowhere to be found when that day came.
NJ Advance Media tracked Martinez to Nicaragua in early 2016 and he was arrested in neighboring Honduras in late August. He was swiftly transferred to a detention facility in Miami and fought extradition to New Jersey, but was returned to Hudson County in December.
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