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	Area Pastor Denies Sex Abuse Charges San Gabriel Valley Tribune October 7, 2006 http://sgvtribune.com/news/ci_4449324 A Sunland pastor pleaded not guilty Thursday to multiple counts of sexually molesting two young girls from his parish, court officials said. Joseph Gary Torres, 46, is charged with 12 felony counts of sexual molestation including continuous sexual abuse, sexual penetration by a foreign object, sodomy of a person under 18 and sodomy by the use of oral copulation of a person under 18, officials said. Torres, pastor at Iglesia Bautista Reformada in Sunland, was arrested Sept. 14 by detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department's Sexually Exploited Child Unit at his parents' home in El Monte. Police heard from a member of Torres' congregation who said Torres molested his three daughters. Torres remains held on $2 million bail and faces up to 30 years in state prison if convicted.
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