VIRGINIA/TEXAS
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
BY BILL MILLER
wmiller@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH — The Richmond, Va., minister accused of sexually assaulting two girls in the 1990s in Fort Worth has resigned as senior pastor along with three members of his staff, church officials said Wednesday.
The Rev. Geronimo Aguilar, 43, who was senior pastor of Richmond Outreach Center, or ROC, is free on $200,000 bail. He was briefly jailed last week in Tarrant County.
Wednesday evening, the ROC board of directors issued a statement announcing that they had accepted Aguilar’s resignation “upon mutually agreeable terms.”
Other resignations were accepted from Jason Helmlinger, executive pastor; Andrew Delgado, children’s pastor; and Matthew Aguilar, assistant pastor and brother of Geronimo Aguilar.
“We wish the best for the pastors and their families,” the board said in its statement. “The Richmond Outreach Center remains focused on serving those in need and we will never stray from this mission.”
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