Roc Pastor Released for Transfer to Texas
By Louis Llovio
Geronimo Aguilar, senior pastor at the Richmond Outreach Center, was released from a Richmond jail this morning for his scheduled transfer to Texas to face sexual assault charges. “We do not discus prisoner movement before the fact for what I hope you will understand are obvious security concerns,” Terry Grisham, executive administrator for the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, said in an email. Aguilar waived extradition after a series of hearings in Richmond Wednesday and was scheduled to be picked up by Texas authorities within about 48 hours. He was released from the Richmond jail this morning at 8:33, according to the jail. The Tarrant County district attorney’s office has charged Aguilar in two cases with four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than 14, which are first-degree felonies that carry a sentence of up to life in prison. He has also been charged with two counts of sexual assault of a child, second-degree felonies that carry up to 20 years in prison, and one charge of indecency with a child, also a second-degree felony. Bail in Texas has been set at $200,000. Aguilar, who was arrested on Tuesday, is on paid administrative leave from the South Richmond megachurch known as the ROC.
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