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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
By GABRIEL MONTE A-J Media
A Lubbock mother told her daughters’ abuser he used his role as a youth minister to get close to her children and sexually abuse them.
“I hate that you used God to get close to children to hurt them,” she told Rogelio Pena, 51, who was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 years in prison in exchange for a plea of guilty to a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Pena admitted to sexually abusing an 8-year-old family member in August 2015. However, the girl’s mother accused Pena of also sexually abusing a younger daughter.
“I know God will make you pay for the sins you committed,” she told Pena in her victim impact statement in court.
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