Rowland Heights youth pastor reportedly caught in Running Springs with 13-year-old in backseat of car

By Beatriz Valenzuela
San Bernardino Sun
July 15, 2015

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Rowland Heights church youth leader Yanhao Ren, 24, of Fullerton allegedly was caught in the back seat of a car with a 13-year-old girl. He was arrested Monday on suspicion of sexual abuse of a child.

RUNNING SPRINGS >> A Rowland Heights church youth leader reportedly was caught in the backseat of a car with a 13-year-old girl over the weekend, and sheriff’s investigators are now searching for other possible victims.

Yanhao Ren, 24, of Fullerton was arrested early Monday on suspicion of sexual abuse of a child after California Highway Patrol officers found the two parked on a turnout along Highway 330 near Fredalba Road late Sunday, according to a San Bernardino County sheriff’s news release.

With help from the sheriff’s Twin Peaks station, investigators learned from the girl that the two had met when she attended the Evangelical Formosan Church of Rowland Heights’ youth program. She confirmed that she and Ren had been engaged in a sexual relationship since May of this year, officials said.

Authorities determined that during the following months they engaged in several sexual acts in Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

Ren is scheduled to be in San Bernardino Superior County court today to answer to the charges, but court records show that as of Wednesday morning, no charges have been filed against him.

Ren has been a youth leader for Evangelical Formosan Church in Rowland Heights for the past two years, and has attended the church since 2006.

The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s Crimes Against Children Detail, Detective John Everman, at 909-387-3615.