Minister Gets Probation in Congregant Sex Case
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A National City minister who held services in people’s homes for 20 years has been sentenced to five years’ probation and 200 hours of community service for using fear of the devil to coerce women in his congregation into having sex with him.
Carlos Valverde Romero, 59, who pleaded guilty to a felony this year, also cannot work as a religious leader for five years.
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