Sentencing continues Tuesday for Pastor G on child sex abuse charges

By Shawn Maclauchlan
NBC 12
October 13, 2015

http://www.nbc12.com/story/30240063/sentencing-continues-tuesday-for-pastor-g-on-child-sex-abuse-charges

Geronimo Aguilar, aka "Pastor G," was convicted of sexually assaulting two children in the 1990s.

FORT WORTH, TX (WWBT) -

Sentencing continues Tuesday for Geronimo Aguilar, better known as "Pastor G," on child sex abuse charges.

A Texas jury found the former Richmond megachurch pastor guilty of sexually assaulting two children in the 1990s.

Both the prosecution and defense wanted to see a delay in the sentencing to allow the judge to hear more witness in this case.

Aguilar was a founding member of the Richmond Outreach Center (ROC) in 2001. It quickly caught on and was even named one of the fastest growing churches in America. In 2013, he and three other pastors resigned from the church after Aguilar was arrested and charged with the sexual assault of two girls in Texas back in the 1990s, before he founded ROC.

"His actions impacted the lives of many people in the Richmond community," said Don Blake with the Virginia Christian Alliance. "I have a great deal of empathy and sorrow for his family to have to go through this, but justice was done. He owes a debt to society that he will have to pay."

It's possible Aguilar could spend the rest of his life in prison.

The ROC changed its name to Celebration Church and Outreach Ministry and also announced a new head pastor.