More Child Victims Sought in Church Usher’s Sex Assault Case

CALIFORNIA
NBC Southern California

[with video]

By Beverly White | Saturday, Aug 17, 2013

After an usher at a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation in Sun Valley was charged with sexually abusing four boys he met at the church, investigators are searching for more possible victims.

Los Angeles police are asking families, especially in the San Fernando Valley, to take a good look at the booking photo of Marcelo Alonzo Lozano.

The 34-year-old was charged July 31 with nine felony counts that he sexually abused four boys. He pleaded not guilty and his bail was set at $1.8 million.

Before his arrest for alleged serial child sex assault, Lozano worked as an usher at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Sun Valley.

Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.