2 Victorville Church Members Accused of Sexual Relationships with Teenage Girls

CBS Los Angeles
September 17, 2014

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Left, Victor Callejas-Vargas, and right, Jesse Rodolfo Rios. (credit: San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department)

Two members of a Victorville church, one of them a youth pastor, have been arrested on suspicion of having sexual relationships with two teenage girls and authorities believe they may have more victims.

Victor Callejas-Vargas, 22, and Jesse Rodolfo Rios, 19, both of Hesperia, are scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on several sex charges involving a minor, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials.

Victorville Police launched an investigation on Sept. 9 after receiving a report of a possible inappropriate sexual relationship between a 14-year-old girl and two men, San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials said. The investigation led detectives to a second victim, a 17-year-old girl, and to the suspects, all of whom are members of Centro Cristiano de Fe Church in Victorville.

Callejas-Vargas is also an employee and youth pastor of the church, officials said.

Callejas-Vargas was booked on charges of sex with a minor three years younger, sex with a minor with the suspect over 21 and the victim under 16 years and oral copulation with a person under 16. Rios was booked on suspicion of oral copulation with a person under 18 and sex with a foreign object. Both men are being held on $100,000 bail.

Detectives believe Callejas-Vargas and Rios may have more victims. Anyone with information about either man can contact Detective Michelle Brand or Sgt. Dana Foster at (909) 387-3651.