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Nov. 30th, 2004 01:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingA National City, Calif., pastor accused of using the fear of the devil to persuade women in his congregation to have sex with him will go on trial next year.
At a Sept. 17 preliminary hearing, La Mesa, Calif., police Sgt. Daniel Willis testified that Romero told him he was sorry for telling three women who went to his church the "devil would physically harm them and he could protect them if they had sex with him."
Willis said the pastor told him he knew his actions toward the women were wrong and he "wouldn't do it again."
A woman identified as Dora testified that she had gone to Romero's church for about a year and came back in 2000. She said she met the defendant in Fashion Valley last January.
"He told me that there was a revelation from God," Dora said. "He told me that I had already been attacked by the devil, that I could only stop this by having sexual relations with him."
Dora said she believed Romero because she considered him a "true pastor" who was "guiding us toward eternal life."
At a Sept. 17 preliminary hearing, La Mesa, Calif., police Sgt. Daniel Willis testified that Romero told him he was sorry for telling three women who went to his church the "devil would physically harm them and he could protect them if they had sex with him."
Willis said the pastor told him he knew his actions toward the women were wrong and he "wouldn't do it again."
A woman identified as Dora testified that she had gone to Romero's church for about a year and came back in 2000. She said she met the defendant in Fashion Valley last January.
"He told me that there was a revelation from God," Dora said. "He told me that I had already been attacked by the devil, that I could only stop this by having sexual relations with him."
Dora said she believed Romero because she considered him a "true pastor" who was "guiding us toward eternal life."
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Date: 2004-11-30 10:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-01 11:59 am (UTC)GoD, why do people in organized religion have to be so stupid?