CHRISTIAN PASTOR SOLD DRUGS, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED YOUNG BOYS *** Jai Maharaj posts
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By Mary Parks and Bill French
NBC Los Angeles
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Behind the locked gates of Our Lady of Tepayac Church in the Home
Gardens community, Riverside County Sheriff's Investigators say they
found evidence to suggest the unthinkable had occurred.
"This is a very evil man who hid behind the good book to take
advantage of little boys," said Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez of the
Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
Clergyman Anthony Martinez-Garduno was arrested late Tuesday after
deputies found evidence to indicate he was selling methamphetamines
from his church.
Detectives conducting a search warrant also located evidence of
possible sex assaults on underage boys who had allegedly been given
GHB, the date rape drug.
Ironically, Garduno is being held in the same jail as five men who he
told police shot him last September during a botched robbery attempt
at the church. Detectives now believe that crime was not random.
Police suspect that during a 10 hour crime spree from Los Angeles to
Corona, Garduno was a targeted drug dealer.
The Diocese of San Bernardino says Garduno is not affiliated with
their organization in any way. NBC4 has learned that Garduno is
actually a defrocked priest who calls himself a bishop, but has no
church standing.
Even so, Parishioners were confused today, some stopping by the
church asking if the man they knew as Father Tony was doing alright.
"He targeted Spanish speaking families," said Sgt. Gutierrez. "We
believe there are many more victims out there. We want to find all of
them because we don't want him to ever see the light of day again."
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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