Rape Victim Gets into Argument at Church, Bay News 9, July 20, 2008

Rape Victim Gets into Argument at Church

Bay News 9

July 20, 2008

http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2008/7/20/366800.html?title=Rape+victim+gets+into+argument+at+church

[with video]

A man who was raped by a minister in 1987 traveled to the Bay area to reach out to other possible victims, but the peaceful mission turned into a screaming match Sunday at a church in Seminole.

"I'm here for the survivors," Douglas Guillen said. "Me, it's history; I want to know who else did he hurt."

Douglas Guillen traveled to the church to reach out to other possible victims.

Six days ago, former Chapel on the Hill United Church of Christ in Seminole minister Angel Toro pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting Guillen at a Wisconsin church when Guillen was 17 years old. Toro resigned from the Seminole church in 2007.

Guillen says he was ordered to leave the church Sunday while he was handing out fliers.

The argument that ensued between Guillen and others at the church ended when Pinellas County deputies arrived at the church. Watch part of the argument

Guillen said he plans to hand out more fliers next weekend at another church where Toro worked in Lake Placid.

According to the Leader-Telegram in Eau Claire Wis., Toro testified before his sentencing and said the sexual assault was a mistake and an isolated incident. Toro was sentenced to 18 months in prison.