Maryland Pastor Charged With Raping Adult Human

Washington DC’s Fox affiliate reports:

Police have arrested and charged a pastor in Montgomery County with rape. According to police, this all stems from an incident on September 29th, 2020, at the Iglesia Pentecostal El Fin Viene on the 7500 block of New Hampshire Ave. in Takoma Park.

Serving pastor, 39-year-old Erick Odir Vidal-Fuentes was charged with second-degree rape and fourth-degree sex offense. The victim, who attends the church has not been identified.

Vidal-Fuentes currently has another case pending for assault on an additional church member. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

From an August 2021 Washington Post report:

In the first case, dating back to last fall, the Rev. Erick Odir Vidal Fuentes, 37, informed a woman he could treat her injured ankle, court filings state, and asked her to lay down on the church floor while he applied healing oils. That victim came forward this summer, according to Takoma Park detectives.

They learned of a second victim, according to court documents, who the detectives say went to the church with Fuentes last month believing he intended to say healing prayers for her ill father. Fuentes instead forcibly groped and fondled her, as he did to the first victim, police allege.

Police have arrested and charged a pastor in Montgomery County with rape. According to police, this all stems from an incident on September 29th, 2020, at the Iglesia Pentecostal El Fin Viene on the 7500 block of New Hampshire Ave. in Takoma Park. https://t.co/SZTanSuNzw

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