| Clinton Pastor Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Woman and Teen
By Samantha Schoenfeld
Fox CT
April 2, 2015
http://foxct.com/2015/04/02/clinton-pastor-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-woman-and-teen/
CLINTON–A pastor was arrested on charges of sexual assault of two woman, one of which is a teenager.
On April 2 Pastor Francisco Moran, 57, of Clinton, was arrested on two outstanding warrants after a long investigation that revealed he had unwanted sexual contact with two parishioners. He is the pastor at The Good Samaritan Church in Old Lyme.
Allegedly, Moran sexually assaulted the two victims on separate occasions in the summer of 2014 in a private home in Clinton. Both victims recently came forward, separately, to disclose the assaults to Clinton Police. Apparently, Moran had threatened them with deportation if they talked about the assaults.
“I’m sure it took a lot of courage on their part because these assaults happened almost a year ago,” said Sgt. Jeremiah Dunn of the Clinton Police Department. “This is bizarre. We’re a small town, we don’t usually get things like this that happen but they do we investigate them, and our investigation culminated with the arrest of Mr. Moran today.”
The specific charges against Moran are risk of injury/impairing the morals of a minor, two counts of sexual assault in the fourth degree and two counts of coercion.
Moran is being held on two bonds totaling $17,500 and is due in court on April 6.
|