Pastor Sentenced To 186 Years For Molesting Toddlers

June 17, 2023 Crime, Religion

City News Service reports:

A retired Orange County pastor was sentenced Friday to 186 years to life in prison for sexually abusing two young girls with whom he is related.

Jose Andres Lopez, 70, of Mission Viejo, was convicted March 22 of 18 felony sexual assault charges dating as far back as 1991 through 2020. Lopez is a retired Orange County pastor, but jurors did not hear that fact during the trial because it was not deemed relevant to the allegations.

Lopez told Orange County Superior Court Judge Gary Paer that he should get a new trial because the victims did not tell the truth about him. “Everything that was said was all hearsay as God is my witness,” Lopez said. Paer pointed out to Lopez that the victims were “thoroughly question by both sides” in the trial “and the jury believed them.”

From my March 2023 report: 

Lopez, 70, of Mission Viejo, was convicted Wednesday of 18 felony sexual assault charges dating as far back as 1991 through 2020.

On Aug. 21, 2020, one of the victims was finishing up school work remotely during the coronavirus pandemic at the defendant’s home when he called her up to his room, she testified.

“I went upstairs and then he pulled down my shorts I was wearing that day,” she testified. “That’s when he started (sexually assaulting her).” Lopez had lubricant and condoms next to his bed, she testified. “He locked the door like he always would,” she testified.

Lopez appeared on our running tally when he was convicted on those 18 felony charges.



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