Former Fullerton Pastor Gets Jail for Sexual Abuse of Woman, 18

By Alyssa Duranty
Orange County Register
January 23, 2014

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/olvera-598593-woman-fullerton.html

A former Fullerton pastor was sentenced to four months in jail and three years’ probation Thursday after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing an 18-year-old woman who was a member of his church.

Joseph Angel Olvera, 55, of Fullerton was found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of touching an intimate part of another person.

Olvera formerly worked as a pastor at Lifeline Ministries, 552 E. Patterson Way, officials said.

Prosecutors said that about 9 a.m. Aug. 22, 2012, Olvera approached the bed of the woman, who was living in the church, to wake her up for work.

Olvera rubbed her hand and arm, then her neck and back, and put his hand down her shirt, according to a District Attorney’s Office news release.

On Aug. 25, 2012, according to prosecutors, Olvera slapped the woman’s buttocks as she waited for the bus to go to work.

The woman later reported the incidents to the Fullerton Police Department, who investigated and arrested Olvera.

Olvera will also be required to register as a sex offender for life.

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