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	Another Charge for Pastor Accused of Sex Abuse Journal Star August 21, 2009 http://journalstar.com/news/local/article_4c443d24-8ea9-11de-a7ed-001cc4c03286.html OMAHA -- Another charge has been filed against the Rev. Efrain Umana, a Lincoln pastor already accused of sexually abusing four Iowans. Umana appeared in Douglas County Court Friday on a charge of sexual assault of a child. His bond was set at $100,000. According to court documents, the alleged assault occurred in February 2004. In Iowa, Umana, 54, has been charged with sexually abusing four females, including a 10- or 11-year-old girl. Pottawattamie County prosecutors have also charged him with forcing another woman to have sex and kissing two women against their will. Most of the alleged incidents occurred at the Templo Monte Horeb church in Council Bluffs. Umana was arrested June 11 at his home at 1906 Hartley St. in Lincoln for extradition to Iowa. He was released June 16 after posting bond. As recently as June, he was pastor at an independent church at 2441 N. Ninth St. in Lincoln. In 2002, he was dismissed from a Lincoln church after a former parishioner told church officials he sexually abused her when she was 17. She did not file a police report, but she and her family later filed a civil lawsuit against Umana and the church. In 1997, Lincoln Public Schools fired Umana, who had been a bus driver since 1992. LPS reports say school officials heard from students he touched them inappropriately, although that was not mentioned in his termination. In November, leaders of another Lincoln church revoked his credentials for at least a year, accusing him of unbecoming ministerial conduct.
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