SAN BERNARDINO (CA)
San Bernardino Sun
By JOE NELSON , Staff Writer
SAN BERNARDINO - A former church pastor sexually abused two sisters for six years at their homes and in remote areas of the city, threatening to kill one of them and later begging for forgiveness, a prosecutor argued Monday in Superior Court.
"This is a unique and complicated case. ... Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction,' Deputy District Attorney Jane Templeton said in her closing argument in the trial of John Molia, 69, of San Bernardino.
Molia, a former pastor of First Assembly of God Church in San Bernardino, faces two felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 and special allegations of having multiple victims.
He could be sent to prison for 15 years to life if convicted.
Posted by kshaw at December 23, 2004 10:37 AM