Devil Sex!
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:53:13 GMT
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Pastor Allegedly Used Fear Of Devil To Have Sex With Women
Trial Set For Next Year
POSTED: 9:10 AM PST November 25, 2004
UPDATED: 9:29 AM PST November 25, 2004
SAN DIEGO -- A National City 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.
Carlos Romero, 59, faces up to five years and eight months in prison if
convicted of three felony counts, including making a criminal threat.
Superior Court Judge William Kennedy Wednesday scheduled a pretrial
hearing for Dec. 13, with trial scheduled to start Feb. 14.
At a Sept. 17 preliminary hearing, La Mesa 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."
Another woman testified that Romero told her the devil would leave her
"gravely wounded" if she did not have sex with him.
A third woman testified that Romero threatened to kill her after she
tried to end their sexual relationship in February 2003.