Pastor guilty of molesting 14-year-old

[Ian David]

SANTA ANA – A jury Monday found a San Clemente church pastor guilty of molesting a 14-year-old girl and sending her sexual e-mails.

Ricardo Avalos Maffey, 44, was convicted of five felony charges of lewd conduct with a child and one felony count of contacting a minor with intent to molest.

Maffey, a pastor at the Apostolic Christian Church in San Clemente, faces up to six years in prison at his sentencing on April 15 for kissing and touching the girl on several occasions and sending sexually provocative e-mails to her between May and August 2008.

"I am very happy for the victim and her family," Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Walker said after the decision by a jury of four women and eight men in Orange County Superior Court. It took the panel about 4½ hours to reach a verdict.

The pastor, who was a "quasi-father figure" to the girl, working closely with her in his office and spending time with her and her siblings at his home, became infatuated with her and was progressing toward a sexual relationship when her mother found out about it, Walker had told jurors.



More:
http://www.ocregister.com/news/maffey-292127-church-pastor.html?nstrack=sid:1228800|met:102|cat:227|order:1

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/BubbaBoBobBrain/status/47722817025884160

[laconicsax]

1. An interesting aspect of this is the wording.

He molested and sexually abused his victim, and it's reported that way. When a priest rapes a child, it's generically labeled as "abuse."

[struggle4progress]

2. "The protestant Apostolic Christian Church no longer lists a San Clemente church on its website"

Trial Begins for Former Protestant Pastor
by Stacie N. Galang
Mar 07, 2011
http://sanclementetimes.com/view/full_story/12208009/article-Trial-Begins-for-Former-Protestant-Pastor-?instance=eye_on_sc

[LAGC]

3. Wow, that was quick.

Makes you wonder what the reaction would be if the Catholic Church disowned its trouble parishes and excommunicated them from the fold...

[cleanhippie]

4. He must not have been one of those "real christians".