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LATINO - HISPANIC CHILD MOLESTERS IN U.S.A.
"Keeping It In The Family"
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Criminal researchers should keep in mind that many Latino - Hispanic ILLEGAL ALIENS and their questionably "legal" offspring change their states of residence and identification specifics more often than they change their underwear. Never give up on a trace simply because two otherwise apparently same individuals have different DOBs showing on different legal documents in different states. We are familiar with one prominent JW Couple whose Latino - Hispanic wife (born-in child of ILLEGAL MEXICANS) has used 8 different names/signatures on various legal documents as the JW Couple have relocated around the United States over the decades.
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Sometime either in the late 1980s or early 1990s, while waiting in a doctor's office, this Editor read a magazine article which was authored by an American Protestant Missionary who had spent time as a missionary in southern Mexico. I still recall parts of that article because, even then as a Jehovah's Witness, I was amazed at the boldness of the magazine to publish the shocking content of that article. The American Protestant Missionary claimed that INCEST was an ingrained, normal part of rural Mexican family life, and he blamed the Catholic Church for such due to the Church having turned a blind eye for centuries. That Missionary went on to predict that in coming decades that the United States would be flooded with cases of INCEST and other child molestations as the numbers of illegal Mexican immigrants continued to flood into the country.
2021 UPDATE: In March 2021, this Editor had the television on while doing paperwork, and overheard an African-American female from California, who had identified herself as someone who worked with children, who was commenting negatively about the FLOOD of immigrants into California, and all the problems that they were bringing with them, who then continued on to repeated exactly what we publish in the above paragraph about incest and other child molestation being ingrained in Hispanic immigrant culture.
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ARIANA GALVEZ v. MILTON BELTRAN AND LILIANA BELTRAN (2025), ARKANSAS v. MILTON BELTRAN (2023-25), and ARKANSAS v. LILIANA BELTRAN (2023-25). Ariana Galvez was born to Cesar Galvez and Liliana Galvez in 2006. This couple divorced in 2009-10. Ariana lived for most years of her childhood with her mother, who married Milton Beltran around 2014. Milton Beltran began sexually assaulting Ariana in 2015, when she was nine years old. At some unknown point, Ariana disclosed such to her mother, but Liliana Beltran failed to report such to anyone else. Finally, in 2023, Ariana told her father, Cesar Galvez. Instead of immediately reporting the matter to local police, Cesar Galvez took Ariana to his local JW ELDERS, who first interrogated Ariana to see if she was lying, as many JW ELDERS believe occurs in such family circumstances. After first getting permission from WATCHTOWER HQ, the local JW ELDERS then told the victim's father to report the matter to Arkansas authorities.
Milton Beltran, age 50, was convicted of six counts of rape, in 2024, and was sentenced to life in prison.
Liliana Beltran, age 47, was convicted of permitting child abuse, in 2025, and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Ariana Galvez, age 19, filed a $10 million civil lawsuit in 2025 for the damages caused to her by her Mother and Stepfather.
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ILLINOIS v. FRANCISCO GOMEZ-ALDANA was a 2023-25 CHILD PREDATOR prosecution. In 2024, Francisco Gomez Aldana, age 37, an illegal Mexican who possibly lived in southern Michigan, pled guilty to Indecent Solicitation of a Child and Traveling To Meet a Minor, both class three felonies. Francisco Aldana was sentenced to a mere three years in prison, but appealed the wrist-slap. Affirmed on appeal.
On August 2 - 3, 2023, Perp, a Jehovah's Witness Minister, communicated electronically with a person whom he believed to be a 14 year old girl in order to solicit the child to perform an act of sexual conduct. JW Perp engaged in a sexually charged conversation with target, including descriptions of the sexual acts that he wanted to perform with the 14-year-old girl. On August 4, 2023, Perp traveled to Pontiac, Illinois for the purpose of engaging in a sexual offense with a person he believed to be a child after using electronic communication to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice that child. There, Perp was arrested by Sheriff's detectives. A search of Perp's vehicle revealed eight condoms, a six-pack of Mike's Hard Lemonade, a set of brass knuckles, two two-way radios, and some duct tape.
One of the items the court considered at sentencing was a sex offender evaluation ... The psychologist ... reported the following. "Defendant 'exhibited a pervasive pattern of denial and minimization of deviant and problematic behaviors,' and the evaluation process was consequently abbreviated. ... Defendant completed sixth grade in Mexico. He was employed by a tree service company, where he had worked for nine years. He reported a positive relationship with his [JW] wife, who had five children from a previous marriage."
Francisco Gomez Aldana submitted eight character letters that the trial court considered at sentencing. Many of these letters referred to Perp's innocence. A letter written by his stepdaughter expressed her belief that "he deserves a second chance to continue to be by his family's side and to prove that he is innocent and this is all a big misunderstanding." His stepson wrote that he "strongly believe[s] [defendant] is not the [man] that you are accusing of those terrible crimes." Another letter stated that the author "believe[s] [defendant] deserves a second chance to prove that he is not guilty of the horrible crimes he's being accused of."
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FLORIDA v. DANIEL MARTINEZ JR is an ongoing 2024-25 Florida CHILD MOLESTATION prosecution. In January 2024, an Ocala, Florida Registered Nurse reported to Child Services that she had overheard her two youngest daughters talking about being sexually molested by their father. RN further reported that when she confronted her husband of twelve years that he both denied such, but also partially admitted such. RN's two younger daughters fathered by the accused, and the older stepdaughter of the accused, all three told investigators that Martinez had regularly been molesting all three girls since at least 2020, when the family had moved into a recently purchased home. The molestations had started when the girls were as young as 4-5 years old. Daniel Martinez Jr., age 39, turned himself in as soon as the warrant was issued in March 2024. Martinez was charged with seven counts relating to the molestations of the three children. Martinez's attorney described Martinez as an upstanding member of the community, who was a devoted Jehovah's Witness, who typically had no prior criminal history. This family also has connections to the greater Knoxville, Tennessee area.
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CALIFORNIA v. REYES SEBASTIAN VARGAS was a 2023 CHILD MOLESTER prosecution which is being appealed due to Vargas's wife and local Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses protesting that his conviction was erroneous. Reyes Sebastian Vargas was convicted by jury of 19 counts relating to child sexual abuse and sentenced to 110 years to life in prison. Vargas was charged with nine counts of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child 10 years old or younger, five counts of lewd acts involving children, and five counts of forcible lewd acts involving children. The two victims were identified as the granddaughters of defendant's wife A.Vargas:
"Defendant's wife, A.V., testified that he never babysat Doe 1 or Doe 2 alone. She and defendant were Jehovah's Witnesses and would often bring Doe 1 with them on their door-to-door ministry work, but Doe 1 was never left with defendant alone in the car. A.V. did not have a good relationship with Doe 2's mother (A.V.'s daughter). They had an argument in November 2019 and did not speak again until Doe 2's mother called A.V. to tell her about Doe 2's allegations against defendant. Doe 2 had been involved in the argument between her mother and A.V. Numerous character witnesses, including church members and friends of A.V. and defendant, testified that defendant was an honest man who would not sexually abuse or threaten children. Defendant also testified on his own behalf. He denied the allegations and said he was never alone with Doe 1 or Doe 2. A detective who had interviewed defendant testified as a rebuttal witness for the prosecution. In the interview, defendant first denied ever babysitting A.V.'s grandchildren before acknowledging that he had sometimes spent short periods of time alone with them. ... "
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OREGON v. ENRIQUE PEREZ MARTINEZ AKA ENRIQUE MARTINEZ PEREZ (DOB:Oct/1980) was a 2022-25 Oregon CHILD MOLESTATION prosecution. Defendant was convicted of committing ten counts of first-degree sexual abuse against one of his stepdaughters. Defendant lived with his JW Wife, AT, and her daughters MT and MET in Portland, Oregon. Defendant's biological daughter also lived with them for awhile. The three girls lived in one bedroom, and AT and defendant lived in the master bedroom. When she was 17 years old, MT disclosed that, when she was in the fifth grade and around 11 years old, defendant would give her "massages" in the parents' bedroom that involved rubbing her against him. Defendant had taken massage therapy classes and would frequently massage AT, MT, MET, and his biological daughter in the living room, but MT testified that sometimes the defendant did so inappropriately, upstairs in her bedroom, or when AT was not present. Affirmed on appeal. Parole eligibility June 2026.
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NEW YORK v. WALDEMAR GONZALEZ. In January 2019, the Spring Valley Police Department in Rockland County, New York, with the assistance of the US Marshalls service, arrested Waldemar Gonzalez, age 41, from Co-op City in the Bronx. Waldemar Gonzalez allegedly had sent several indecent photographs and videos of himself to a 14-year-old victim, as well as had offered to meet the victim for sexual purposes. Waldemar Gonzalez was charged with eight felont counts of disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree. Outcome unknown. Gonzalez is reported by a relative as being a second generation Jehovah's Witness Minister, and a former employee of the Bronx Department of Education.
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PUERTO RICAN JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
SIDE WITH CONVICTED JW ELDER RULED A "SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR",
AND DISRESPECT JUDGE AND JUDICIAL PROCESS DURING SENTENCING HEARING
PENNSYLVANIA v. NORMAN AVILES-GARRIGA (2023-24) and PENNSYLVANIA v. ABIMAEL VALINTIN MATOS (2023-24) are highly unusual CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT cases because the two Jehovah's Witnesses Perpetrators each assaulted the same female CHILD at different stages of her life.
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Norman Aviles-Garriga, now age 45, was appointed as an "Elder" at the Lancaster East Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 2003, when he was only 25 years old. Previously, in 1998, when Aviles-Garriga was only 19 years old, a divorced JW Mother of two daughters -- ages 5 and 6 -- arranged for Norman Aviles-Garriga to stay in her home to babysit the two girls while the JW Mother worked third shift. The two young girls soon told their JW Mother that Aviles-Garriga was sexually molesting them, but their JW Mother refused to believe them, and ignored their accusations.
In 2004, soon after having been appointed as a Congregation Elder, the married Norman Aviles-Garriga, who had a daughter of his own, began stalking, groping, and fondling a "developing" ten year old girl in his congregation. Norman Aviles-Garriga later testified before the grand jury that the 10 year old girl was a temptress who did not wear a bra. In 2010, Norman Aviles-Garriga's three victims began sharing their experiences with each other, and reported Aviles-Garriga to the police. Aviles-Garriga was investigated, but apparently neither local law enforcement, nor the local prosecutor, and not even the Lancaster JW Elders took any further action. Elder Aviles-Garriga labeled his multiple victims "demons". Garriga also had used his position as "Elder" to delay his victims' baptisms.
Finally, in 2023, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General investigated and pressed charges. In February 2023, Norman Aviles fled to Puerto Rico after being indicted by a Pennsylvania grand jury. In June 2024, Norman Aviles-Garriga, age 45, was found guilty after a three-day trial on all 12 of the charges that included aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, and endangering the welfare of children.
Between his conviction and his sentencing, Norman Aviles-Garriga was evaluated by mental health professionals and deemed to be a "Sexually Violent Predator". Sexually Violent Predators are sex offenders whose lives include factors that make them likely to engage in predatory or violent offenses presently and in the future.
All three victims spoke at the October 2024 sentencing hearing outlining the damage Aviles-Garriga did in their lives, and how he tried to shame and pressure them into silence, destroying their credibility. One victim spoke about suicide attempts and consistent panic attacks. Many of the three victims' family members who supported the three victims testified that they still love Norman Aviles-Garriga even though he refused to acknowledge the damage he did to the victims.
Norman Aviles-Garriga's mother, one of his children, friends, family, and a sister-in-law testified on his behalf at the sentencing hearing, saying Aviles-Garriga was a wonderful family man and church leader, and proclaimed that nothing in his character would indicate he could be capable of the child abuse of which he had been convicted. Another Jehovah's Witness Elder defiantly told Judge Wright that the three victims were likely lying, and that the judge should take that into consideration when sentencing Avila-Garriga.
Judge Wright addressed the three abused women, calling them heroes, and saying their persistence to seek justice despite the long road they faced put him in awe. "At last, you and the truth both win," Wright said. Judge Wright sentenced Aviles-Garriga to 11 1/2 to 25 years in prison. Wright told Norman Aviles-Garriga that if he thinks his sentence is unfair, he should look at it this way: It's the same amount of time his victims had to wait for justice.
Judge Wright then addressed all the Jehovah's Witnesses supporting Aviles-Garriga, saying that despite all the positive things they had to say about the convicted child molester, they never uttered a word of support for the three molestation victims who had been vindicated in court, nor for the victims' families. Judge Wright said it was a sign that not much had changed at the Jehovah's Witness church in the 25 years since the abuse had happened.
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In 2009, Abimael Valentin-Matos was shopping for a wife at a Circuit Assembly, when he approached Norman Aviles-Garrigas' victim and obtained her contact info despite the fact that Matos was then 29 years old, and the girl then was only 15 years old. Matos eventually began traveling to the girl's Lancaster Kingdom Hall, where they sat together during meetings. The Lancaster BOE approved that May-December courtship after meeting with the couple and being convinced that the couple was courting with the intent of being married, and requiring that the couple be chaperoned when together. However, Valentin-Matos began texting the 15-year-old pictures of his genitals, and convinced her to meet him without a chaperone under the guise of looking for wedding rings or going for walks. On one such occasion, the girl performed a sex act on Matos in a public park. The girl eventually reported the couples' conduct to her BOE, who confronted Matos. Valentin-Matos claimed that the girl had initiated the sexual contact. Valentin-Matos, now 43, has been charged with indecent assault, indecent exposure, endangering the welfare of children, and corruption of minors. Pending.
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ARIZONA v. ARTHUR ERNESTO HERNANDEZ was a 2019 ATTEMPTED RAPE prosecution for which Arthur E. Hernandez Jr was convicted of attempted assault, sex abuse of a minor, and kidnapping, but no info can be located about his short incarceration nor sentence. Arthur Hernandez is still on Arizona's sex offender registry.
In August 2019, during the Sunday afternoon meeting at the Glendale Arizona Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, a 16 year old girl visiting for the first time with her parents, went outside to the parking lot probably to text friends. Close behind her followed 27 year-old Arthur Ernesto Hernandez, who started unzipping his pants even before he reached the girl. While she was standing beside her family's car, with her back to him, Hernandez allegedly put his hand over her mouth, groped her, lifted up her dress, and forced his hand between her legs. The victim struggled and screamed, which alerted attendants in the KH, who came running to her rescue. The stupid Perp was videotaped running away from the KH with his willy showing while struggling to pull up his pants. Fool was later apprehended by police since he attended regularly with his JW Parents.
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SANTOS SOTO v. LARRY CORTEZ, YONKERS CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ET AL was a confidentially settled 2021-23 New York civil court case. The following are edited excerpts from Plaintiff's Complaint (allegations denied entirely by defendants):
[LARRY] CORTEZ used his position as an elder to gain access to [SANTOS] SOTO and used that access to molest him. CORTEZ molested SOTO from approximately 1969 to 1971 over the course of approximately two years. CORTEZ's abuse of SOTO commenced between when he was approximately eleven years of age and continued until he was approximately thirteen years of age.
The sexual abuse of SOTO by CORTEZ occurred at different locations, including in the basement of the old Kingdom Hall ... , the basement of the Yonkers Congregation Kingdom Hall building, SOTO's home, in CORTEZ's vehicle, and at CORTEZ's home, into which CORTEZ brought SOTO by virtue of his role as an elder ... .
[LARRY] CORTEZ's sexual abuse of SOTO included CORTEZ performing oral sex on SOTO, CORTEZ asking SOTO to perform oral sex on CORTEZ, CORTEZ forcing SOTO to fondle CORTEZ's genitals, and CORTEZ fondling SOTO'S genitals.
The sexual abuse by CORTEZ occurred using property that was owned, operated, and/or controlled by the Defendants, during which time Plaintiff was in the care, custody, or control of the Defendants. ....
Each defendant, through their agents, servants, and employees, knew or should have known that CORTEZ was likely to sexually abuse children and was sexually abusing children, including SOTO, because CORTEZ's father, who was an elder and leader of the CONGREGATION at the time, was home when CORTEZ would sleep in the same bed as SOTO. ...
By declining to contact law enforcement about CORTEZ's molestation of SOTO and others, WATCHTOWER sought to cover up CORTEZ's acts, and protect him from detection or punishment, and thereby ratified his sexual molestation of SOTO and others.
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PENNSYLVANIA v. JOSE ANTONIO SERRANO (1993) and PENNSYLVANIA v. JOSE ANTONIO SERRANO (2022-24). In 1993, Jose Antonio Serrano, then age 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of the indecent assault of two girls -- age 13 and age 15, in Lancaster, PA, in 1992. Jose Serrano was placed on probation for five years, and ordered to pay the two girls' medical and counseling costs, and was required to attend a sex offenders program.
In 2022, Jose A. Serrano, age 69, was charged with one count each of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, and endangering the welfare of children, relating to his daughter. The daughter told the grand jury that she lived an "abnormal, isolated childhood", and was homeschooled. She said her father told her, "In the Bible, you have to obey your parents. And we are your parents and therefore you have to listen to us and whatever we do." She testified that her father sexually assaulted her as early as 1993, when she was only three years old, and that the abuse continued for years. She further related that her father refused to allow her to be seen by a gynecologist, or even a family doctor for her chronic rectal problems. Serrano's by now adult married daughter finally report him to Lancaster police in May 2016, but nothing was done until the Penn AG investigation in 2022. Although the crimes against Serrano's daughter were committed decades ago when she was a child, the current charges were permitted by exceptions written into the statute of limitations.
Jose Serrano confirmed that "his wife would warn their daughter to keep her door locked at night. He stated that this aided him in controlling his urges. Serrano testified that his deviant impulses are lifelong, that he struggles to contain them, and that he must avoid tempting situations." Jose A. Serrano even testified to the grand jury that he "may have" sexually assaulted his other daughters, but they would not testify against him
Besides Jose Serrano's daughter, two other women testified that Serrano assaulted them years ago. A former babysitter testified that Seranno would grope her as she slept, and escalated his behavior to forcible rape. She testified that "despite the years that have passed, she still lives in fear of Serrano to this day." Another female victim testified that in the 1980s, when she was 13, Jose Serrano, age 30s, regularly "stalked her", and subjected her to a "barrage of unwanted touching and kissing." Although those accusations can't be prosecuted because of statute of limitation expirations, they demonstrate "a common plan, scheme or design, that corroborates other evidence presented to the grand jury." The grand jury found that Serrano had molested at least six girls, although charges were not brought in five of those cases because of statutes of limitations governing possible applicable criminal charges. However, that information was not allowed at trial.
In October 2024, a Lancaster County jury declared Jose A. Serrano "Not Guilty" after only 90 minutes of deliberations.
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CALIFORNIA v. FRANCO CANO (2007-08), CALIFORNIA v. FRANCO CANO (2012), and CALIFORNIA v. FRANCO CANO (2014-22) are separate CHILD MOLESTATION and SERIAL MURDERER convictions of yet another homosexual Jehovah's Witness perpetrator whose WatchTower connections have been minimized to the point of near non-existence. Franco Cano is the typical member of a large extended Incestuous, Illegal Mexican Family, some of whom converted to the WatchTower Cult after illegally relocating to the United States. Franco Cano purportedly was born in the United States, and thus was most likely to have been one of the family members reared as Jehovah's Witnesses.
In 2007-08, Franco Cano, then age 25-27, cut the typical California-Mexican plea deal to one lessor charge of multiple original child molestation charges resulting from Cano's sexual molestation of his "under age 14" NIECE.
Now, in 2022, after a sweetheart deal to take the death penalty off the table, Franco Cano, age 36, has pled guilty to the 2013-14 SERIAL kidnapping, rape, and MURDERS of four (4) African-American and Hispanic Prostitutes living in the Santa Ana area, in exchange for a sentence of life in prison. There was at least one additional victim. Franco Cano and his older homosexual lover, Steven Dean Gordon, age 53, were arrested in March 2014. Steven D. Gordon was tried and convicted in 2016, and sentenced to death in 2017.
Authorities have been unable to locate the bodies of three of the five known victims. Prosecutors relied on DNA evidence and data retrieved from GPS-tracking devices that both men were wearing due to their prior sex offenses. The fact that the two prior SEX OFFENDERS met at their probation office, and thereafter were able to socialize and develop a relationship, all of which violates their terms of release, caused widespread criticism of California probation officials. Cano and Gordon later vacationed in Las Vegas and Alabama on at least two separate occasions after having cut off their GPS devices. Both men were arrested in 2012 for their Las Vegas vacation.
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EXCERPT from the Original Complaint of 2023 California civil lawsuit filed by children of Hispanic Jehovah's Witness Parents (John Doe and Jane Doe below) against same. Plaintiff removed causes of action for sexual battery and sexual harassment from his First Amended Complaint after the trial court rejected his certificate of merit:
36. Jane Doe 5 molested her 3 daughters by digital penetration. 2 of them over a span of several years, starting at the ages of 9.
37. Jane Doe 5 admitted on paper to molesting Plaintiff's younger sister, when she was 15 in 1996. She wrote her 3 letters in which she admitted to her actions. Jane Doe 5 acted under the cover story of 'playing doctor'.
38. In 2015 at a fact finding meeting with [Congregation Elders], Jane Doe 5 admitted to molesting Plaintiff's younger sister.
39. Jane Doe 5 engaged in voyeurism, sexual humiliation, molestation of a child, and sexual assault on Plaintiff.
40. Jane Doe 5 would enter the bathroom when she knew Plaintiff was sitting on the toilet. She would stand there and watch Plaintiff while Plaintiff was in a state of undress. Jane Doe 5 committed these acts of voyeurism throughout Plaintiff's life and continuing into adolescence.
41. Jane Doe 5 pulled down Plaintiff's pants and underwear at the age of 4, with the intention of sexually humiliating him in front of his siblings. For the next 10 minutes while forcing Plaintiff to stand in front of her and his siblings in this degrading state of undress, Jane Doe 5 lectured him on the immorality of grabbing his crotch.
42. When Plaintiff was an adolescent, Jane Doe 5 caressed his chest in a sexual manner in response to a shoulder tap. Jane Doe 5 stated the 'shoulder tap' had made her feel 'nasty'.
43. Jane Doe 5 committed fraud for purpose of anal sexual assault. Jane Doe 5 penetrated Plaintiff's anus with a foreign object. These acts on Plaintiff started when he was a young child in the 1980s, and lasted up until mid adolescence sometime in the 1990s.
44. John Doe 4 and Jane Doe 5 used intimidation, threats, and force to ensure Plaintiff was both compliant and remained silent about the physical/sexual abuse. One did not tell John Doe 4 or Jane Doe 5 'no' or give an opinion. Either would bring a swift physical attack from John Doe 4 and Jane Doe 5.
45. When Plaintiff was an adolescent, John Doe 4 attacked him while he was naked in the shower. John Doe 4 intentionally waited to hear the water running. Knowing Plaintiff was naked in the shower he then rushed in and struck Plaintiff repeatedly with the belt. On information and belief John Doe 4 held the position of [Elder] in the local congregation at the time of this incident.
46. At the age of 8, in 1987, Plaintiff collaborated with his siblings in sending a letter to [WatchTower HQ]. The letter asked for help with abuse by John Doe 4 and Jane Doe 5. [WatchTower HQ] responded with a letter instructing to 'respect your parents' and remain in submission.
47. [WatchTower HQ] sent [two JW Elders] to Plaintiff's house in response to the letter. They took no substantive actions to prevent further abuse. [JW Elders] deliberately ignored Plaintiff and did not give him the opportunity to voice his abuse. Agents for [WatchTower HQ] follow an established pattern of ignoring the very children they have taught to report to them. ...
48. In 1992, when one of Plaintiff's sisters was 18, she told the ... local congregation about John Doe 4 and Jane Doe 5's abuse.
49. In 1996 when one of Plaintiff's sisters was 15, she told [JW Elders at two local congregations] about Jane Doe 5's sexual, physical, and emotional abuse.
50. In 2009, when Plaintiff was 30, he spoke to [a JW Elder] about his parents' abuse. [JW Elder's] response to Plaintiff was "That congregation is not my jurisdiction. There is nothing I can do about it." [JW Elder] told Plaintiff that he and his siblings had not spoken up at the time and that was the reason they had not spoken to us.
51. When Plaintiff's younger sister, was 26, she spoke to a [JW Elder] about Jane Doe 5 sexually abusing her.
52. In 2013 at the age of 34, Plaintiff wrote a letter detailing John Doe 4 and Jane Doe 5's physical and sexual abuse. Plaintiff handed it to a [JW Elder] in the congregation John Doe 4 and Jane Doe 5 attended. [JW Elder's] response to Plaintiff was "these events happened too long ago. There is nothing we can do."
53. In 2015 Plaintiff spoke to several [JW Elders] about the report he submitted to [local congregations].
54. In none of these incidents of reporting by Plaintiff's siblings or himself ... did any [JW Elder] ever make a police report.
55. In 2015, a [JW Elder] handed off the case to a different [JW Elder] several years after receiving Plaintiff's letter. This [JW Elder] made the decision in 2015 to [disfellowship] John Doe 4 and Jane Doe 5 for physical and sexual abuse of their children. Jane Doe 5's [disfellowshipping] announcement was made June 4, 2015. John Doe 4's [disfellowshipping] announcement was made on June 11, 2015.
56. On information and belief, John Doe 4 was reinstated in 2016, after 1 year of being [disfellowshipped]. Jane Doe 5 was reinstated in 2018 after 3 years of [being disfellowshipped] and is now considered to be in good standing with the congregation.
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CALIFORNIA v. MICHAEL ANGELO TRIGGS-NUNEZ (2016-2020) was a 2016-20 Mexican child molestation prosecution which involved two extended Jehovah's Witness families living in/near Yuba County, California. The victim was the young daughter of Michael Angelo Triggs-Nunez and his ex-wife Mariah Mondragon. In 2016, the seven year-old victim told her mother what her father had been doing to her.
In 2017, a jury found Michael Angelo Triggs-Nunez, then age 26, guilty of five counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child 10 years of age or younger, two counts of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under the age of 14, and one count of attempting to dissuade a witness. The trial court sentenced defendant to 75 years to life plus 12 years.
Michael Triggs-Nunez's daughter came to live with her father when she was five years old. Before that, she predominantly lived with her mother in the Bay Area. Once living with Triggs-Nunez, the victim continued to see her mother every other weekend or so. The informal custody arrangement allowed her mother to see the victim multiple weekends in a row or skip weekends when she was busy with work. Triggs-Nunez and Mariah Mondragon communicated primarily through text and had a good co-parenting relationship.
When the victim was in kindergarten, she slept on a futon in the living room of her father's home. Also living with Michael Triggs-Nunez was his brother and his brother's girlfriend. Living on the same property was Triggs-Nunez's mother and her husband, who occupied a house within view of Triggs-Nunez's home. Triggs-Nunez's uncle also had a house within view and on the property. Defendant's grandchildren would come and visit often and stay with him for the summer.
The entire Jehovah's Witness family was very close and loving. Everyone walked in and out of each other's houses and rarely locked doors. They would eat meals together multiple times a week and spend countless hours living and working around each other. The victim had a close relationship with her grandmother and her uncle's girlfriend. She shared "secrets" and "stories" with them, and confided in them, although never about what her father did to her. Both women supposedly had previous conversations with the victim about harmful touching -- something all good JWs are reported to have done after the fact.
One night, when the victim was on the futon, Triggs-Nunez told her to put a blanket over her head and not to look. Her father then pulled her pants down, spread her legs, and licked her vagina. He told her married people do this, and that she needed to keep it a secret or her entire family would go to jail.
Michael Triggs-Nunez did this same thing to her when she was in first grade, and after she had moved into her own bedroom. The victim remembered it occurring more than once in her bed, at least one of which happened during the day. It happened the same way it had before -- the victim put her head on her pillow with a blanket over her head after Triggs-Nunez told her not to look. Her father then pulled down the victim's pants, spread her legs, and licked her vagina.
Another night, while the victim was at the head of her bed, her father came into her room, pulled down her pants, and stuck his finger in her rectum. It felt bad and made the victim feel like she had to go to the bathroom. Triggs-Nunez did not say anything, but the victim made "funny" noises to make him stop, which he did.
Also while in the victim's bedroom, her father kissed her like "married people" by putting his tongue in her mouth. She did not like it and thought it was disgusting. This happened more than once. Defendant also "sucked" on the victim's "chee-chees" about three times; once on the futon and the rest on her bed. Michael Triggs-Nunez also masturbated in front of his daughter while sitting in a black chair in the living room of the home. When he was done he made his daughter lick the ejaculate off his penis.
CALIFORNIA v. MICHAEL ANGELO TRIGGS-NUNEZ (2011-14). In 2011, Michael A. Triggs-Nunez, then age 20, was convicted of unlawful sexual intercourse and statutory rape, in Yuba County Superior Court. At the time, he was ordered to register as a sex offender -- a condition that was removed after he successfully completed probation in 2014.
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Family Secrets: Stories Of Incest And Sexual Violence In Mexico
Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez (2015)
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"When we were Catholic, we were a happy family," Mariana said as she recalled her childhood with nostalgia. Now in her early forties, she was born in Ciudad Juarez and lives there to this day. "Once my mother became a 'sister', hijole, jeez, everything changed, ... everything," Mariana elaborated as she explained that her mother became involved with one of the largest religious groups in the country: the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Mariana was ten years old when her family experienced a religious conversion, which meant that she and her siblings had to join the new [WatchTower] religion as well. This family transition eventually coincided with an unexpected change in Mariana's relationship with her oldest brother, a sixteen year-old adolescent at the time. "And that is when it started, the abuse with me, when he became a Jehovah's Witness."
Mariana explained that not long after the conversion, her brother would jump into her bed every night, and although he never undressed her, he apparently tried to while "touching her all over". He engaged in this behavior for about six years, leading Mariana to use a heavy blanket even during hot weather. She was often afraid to sleep because she needed to defend herself from being assaulted. "If I was alert, if he heard that I was tossing around, nothing happened, do you understand? So ... I tried to never sleep," Mariana said as she explained that her brother would stay in her bed and touch her, but as soon as she woke up, he would leave her immediately. Her mother and an aunt close to her noticed that Mariana started to take long naps during the day and that her school grades dropped. Her mother kept calling her "burra", meaning that she was "stupid", and punishing her for doing poorly in school. Nobody inquired, however, why this was happening to her. She also grew up comparing herself with her primas, and she always felt "gorda y fea" -- "ugly and fat".
"Why do you think he started to abuse you after he becomes a Jehovah's Witness," I asked Mariana. She said, "Because I think that he had his life just like that, he started his sex life since he was very young. But [the WatchTower Society] does not allow that. He used to have his amigas and everything. Because, that is what we talk about at home, about the way he used to be, he really changed! He used to be very rebellious." Prior to religious conversion, Mariana's brother had long hair, played his electric guitar, loved the band Deep Purple, and smoked. She said, "He lived his vida loca, he went out with young women. He had girlfriends and everything. He was young. His girlfriends were also kind of crazy like him, but he dated."
Mariana's brother went to prison at least once for something that was not clear to her family, but reportedly took place in the context of group sex, "una orga" -- an orgy, she said. Prior to conversion, this same brother, with his long hair, electric guitar, and involved in sexual activities, was also a respectful and responsible brother who took care of Mariana and her two little siblings in their mother's absence. "I do not know if it was the religion, but you are so repressed in that church," Mariana reflected as she tried to make sense of her experience with her brother.
Earlier in the interview, she stated passionately, "Everything that happened to me happened right after we went to that church. So what I say is that that church made him [that way], because my brother, before he became a [Jehovah's] Witness, we were Catholic. My brother could go out, my brother could have a girlfriend, my brother could go out and dance. But when they stick that in my brother, about masturbation ... in that church they tell you that it is bad. So I do not justify it, no."
"But I tell my mother, 'in part all of this happened because you started to go to [the Kingdom Hall].' And I do not blame God, no. I blame the fact that we are hypocrites when it comes to him. Do you know how I see that [WatchTower] religion? It is like when you are coming in, you have this mask and you have to put it on before you come in. And when you leave, you leave it hanging on the wall and you behave differently outside. That is the way I see it. I was a Jehovah's Witness for many years."
Mariana, for instance, recalled her brother's testimony at the [Kingdom Hall], the hall where people attending the congregation gathered and listened to him, now as a young man with short hair and morally transformed after giving up his promiscuous past life and embracing a new religion.
Paradoxically, the same young man who regretted having an active sex life that also involved group sex was now sexually assaulting his younger sister at night. "My brother never told me, 'Do not tell anyone',"Mariana said as she explained that she loved him very much, and although she resented him, she did not develop feelings of hatred toward him. And as she became older, he would buy clothes for her. In addition to her strategies for coping at night, she purposefully spent her school summer vacation with her aunt in El Paso, so at times, she said, she felt safe. But when she was at home, and in spite of their apparently cordial relationship during the day, he consistently assaulted her at night.
At the age of twelve or thirteen, Mariana gave her mother a detailed account about it. She told Mariana that she would talk to her brother about it, but she never did. "Why do you think your mother didn't talk to him about it?" I inquired. She said, "My mother always loved him very much. And also, everyone loved him. In the [Kingdom Hall], he was a very good son. My aunts [loved him] because he was a very good son. He helped my mother and everyone loved him."
A livle-in maid raising her four children as a single mother, Mariana's mother was deeply grateful to her son, a hardworking and responsible young man who represented the only additional and stable financial income in the family. Besides protecting her son's good image, Mariana believed, her mother was afraid of losing the financial support he represented for her and the entire family.
"I have to leave this house, I cannot stay here, my mother does not do anything about it!" Mariana recalled her past deliberations as she explained that at the age of sixteen she immediately accepted her boyfriend's marriage proposal and arranged her wedding in about a month. Mariana's brother never assaulted her again.
A few years later, however, she had no words to explain what had just happened to her brother. Mariana had a disturbing dream that her brother was killed in an accident. In an effort to protect him, she told him about her dream, but that did not prevent the tragedy. Shortly after, when he was in his mid-twenties, he was killed in a work-related accident. To this day, Mariana feels responsible for his death.
Also a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses congregation, Mariana's husband eventually learned why she was so excited about marrying him when they were young, and he has been supportive of her. After more than 25 years of marriage, however, both are still working out emotionally exhausting tensions in their relationship and sex life, which has been adversely affected by Mariana's experience with her brother.
A few years ago, Mariana left the Jehovah's Witnesses congregation after her oldest son confided in her about the sexual violence that he experienced from the age of 8 until he was 15 years old at the hands of an "anciano", a high-ranking [Jehovah's Witness] known in English as an "elder". This authority figure within the Jehovah's Witnesses congregation happened to be the brother of Mariana's husband.
In a recent casual family conversation, Mariana learned about her mother and her mother's sister being sexually abused many years ago by their oldest brother -- something her aunt perceived as "normal". I met Mariana at a community-based organization in Ciudad Juarez where she sought professional help to understand why all of this had happened to her family.
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IDAHO v. DAVID CEVALLOS was a 2020-22 Idaho criminal court case which the local Pocatello Prosecuter's office, the Pocatello Police, and the Bannock County District Court reportedly attempted to keep as quiet as possible according to The Idaho State Journal. David Cevallos' name reportedly was not included on any local police arrest reports, which were NOT RELEASED until the day after David Cevallos was sentenced to prison. The unnamed victim participated in a forensic interview at a local child advocacy center, but the information from that interview was not included in the police report. On May 11, 2020, the Bannock County Deputy Prosecutor filed a motion to seal the case, which was granted that same day by the Bannock County District Court. The Idaho State Journal did not learn about David Cevallos' sentencing until the very day of that sentencing hearing. Even the following TISJ article was only able to determine that David Cevallos was a "leader" at the Pocatello Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. David Cevallos' position and title have thus far went undisclosed.
Chubbuck Police were dispatched to the area of Angela Street shortly after midnight on May 10, 2020, when a neighbor called to report seeing a vehicle back into a nearby construction site and turn off the headlights. Upon arrival at the scene, the officer observed a man, later identified as Cevallos, crawling from the back seat to the front seat of the car while pulling up his pants, said police, adding that all of the vehicle's windows were foggy.
The 14 year-old girl was located in the backseat of the car and was observed wearing a swimsuit bottom before grabbing a pair of panties from the rear floorboard, police said.
Initially, Cevallos identified himself as being 30 years old, though he was actually 32 at the time of the incident, police said. Cevallos exited the vehicle not wearing any shoes, but consistently denied ever engaging in any sexual acts with the child, police said. Cevallos admitted to kissing and hugging the girl while they were both lying down in the backseat of the vehicle, police added.
Cevallos was detained in the police car while officers continued to investigate the incident, which included interviewing the teenage girl, according to police reports. The girl informed police that Cevallos had been a family friend for the past two years, having met her while serving as one of her religious leaders with a local Jehovah's Witness church, police said. The girl was subsequently released to her parents and then taken to Portneuf Medical Center for a sexual assault examination, according to police reports. Her phone was also provided to police for a forensic analysis. Police then searched the car, locating Cevallos' shirt, shoes and underwear in the back seat, police said.
Cevallos' wife responded to the scene to take custody of the vehicle and was informed there was enough evidence to charge Cevallos with felony lewd conduct with a child.
Police responded to PMC later on May 10, 2020, to obtain the results of the sexual assault examination, during which a nurse informed them of statements the girl made while she was admitted, police said. The girl informed the nurse that Cevallos performed sex acts on her both earlier that evening and several times over the course of five days prior to the May 10 incident, police said. ...
Cevallos was then arrested and booked into the Bannock County Jail in Pocatello. In addition to the felony lewd conduct charge, Cevallos was charged with felony first-degree kidnapping. He was arraigned on May 11, 2020, during which his bond was set at $100,000. Cevallos posted the bond two days later and was released from jail. ...
Cevallos pleaded guilty to the felony lewd conduct charge in November 2021 as part of a plea agreement with Bannock County prosecutors that involved the dismissal of the felony kidnapping charge. The plea agreement left the sentencing recommendations open. ...
During the sentencing hearing, Cevallos appeared in court wearing a formal suit and glasses and sat next to his Pocatello attorney Stratton Laggis. Laggis called both Cevallos' wife and his therapist to provide the court with impact statements. His wife testified that since the incident occurred and Cevallos had been participating in therapy designed for sexual offenders she has "seen a tremendous growth in him, one that I couldn't see five years ago."
Cevallos' therapist testified that he appeared very sad, broken and full of remorse when she first began treating him. She described him as being one of her most hard-working clients since treatment began in December 2020.
Before requesting Cevallos be placed on a unspecified length of felony probation with additional treatment mechanisms for sexual offenders and describing this occurrence as mistake and an isolated incident, Laggis explained to the judge that Cevallos will soon become a father.
"A child who grows up without a parent figure, specifically a father figure, you become a product of your environment at some point," Laggis said. "If (Cevallos) is not there for his child, we feel very strongly that the absence of the father figure ... has long lasting and potentially permanent downstream effects for his family, his child and for society as a whole."
Bannock County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Erin Tognetti handled the case for the state. She had two people provide victim impact statements, the teenage victim and her father.
The victim explained that at first she saw Cevallos as a big brother until he began getting touchy and seductive with her. She provided the court with a timeline of events that indicated Cevallos groomed her for over a year, buying her gifts and texting her to find out when her parents weren't home so he could deliver them. Eventually the grooming behavior turned into sexual abuse when Cevallos showed the girl how to sneak out of her window and convinced her to leave her parent's home while they were asleep, the teenager said.
The victim's father testified to feeling a great sense of panic when he awoke to a call from a police officer informing him that Cevallos was found with his daughter. He said Cevallos was a good friend who betrayed their confidence to hurt their daughter. Additionally, he testified that the good deeds Cevallos did as a member of their congregation was simply just an act to become closer to their underage daughter.
Tognetti described Cevallos as intelligent and manipulative. She explained that it was a mistake for Cevallos to buy the girl gifts, to text her and find out when her parents weren't home and to show her how to escape through her window. But soliciting an underage girl for sex was not a mistake, Tognetti said, it was a crime. She requested the judge impose a 35-year prison sentence of which at least 15 of those years should be mandatory and that anything less would diminish the seriousness of the crime.
Cevallos also addressed the court, explaining to the judge that he has changed because of the sexual offender therapy he has received. He said he wished he could take back the pain and suffering of the family, adding that because he is now expecting a child he "can only imagine how a parent feels in wanting to protect their child." He also vowed to never harming another person ever again.
Before handing down the sentence, Judge Carnaroli paused for a long moment before explaining that he lost sleep the night before thinking about the case. Carnaroli said he frequently gets defendants who request a sentence of probation believing that it is already a forgone conclusion they will avoid spending time in prison.
Carnaroli explained that he is obligated to not only protect society, but to contemplate the risks of attempting to rehabilitate a defendant with probation and treatment. He said he is also obligated to decide if a sentence of probation would be enough of a deterrent to prevent Cevallos from reoffending, and lastly, whether or not the punishment will serve as enough retribution for the impact on the victim.
Carnaroli explained there has been lots of discussion about whether a sentence levied against one person will deter others from committing a similar crime, adding that "if there are many slap on the wrist sentences in the perspective of the public, it's probably not much of a deterrence if I give you a slap on the wrist."
Carnaroli then imposed a 30-year prison sentence against Cevallos, ordering that he must serve at least 14 years incarcerated before being eligible for parole. He is also told Cevallos that conceiving a child while facing felony lewd conduct charges, which carries a maximum penalty of up to life in prison, was potentially another mistake he made throughout this process.
Cevallos and his wife became emotional as he was handcuffed and remanded back into the custody of the Bannock County Sheriff's Office to await transport to an Idaho Department of Correction facility. -- TISJ, March 10, 2022, edited.
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SWKI 1 DOE v. ELDER VERDAJO, BAY SHORE CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ET AL is an ongoing 2021-23 New York civil court case. Edited excerpts from Plaintiff's complaint (allegations):
Plaintiff SWKI 1 DOE is a 50-year-old resident of New York. Plaintiff was approximately 14 years old at the time of the sexual abuse alleged herein. Plaintiff and her family were devout Jehovah's Witnesses. ... When Plaintiff was approximately 14 years old, she began to participate in field service in connection with her family's faith. Field service in the Jehovah's Witnesses faith involves devoting as much time as possible to preaching activities. When children participate in field service, they are usually paired with an Elder. Plaintiff was paired with Defendant Elder Verdajo.
Plaintiff was committed to her faith and excited to be embarking on the important spiritual journey of field service. In the context of field service, the Jehovah's Witness youth and assigned Elder spend significant one-on-one time alone together. This was the case with Plaintiff and Defendant Elder Verdajo.
Plaintiff and Defendant Elder Verdajo would meet in the early morning before field service began. Defendant Elder Verdajo would pick Plaintiff up in his car, or they would make arrangements to meet at Defendant Kingdom Halls. Defendant Elder Verdajo often took Plaintiff to breakfast, where they would talk about the day ahead and other things going on in Plaintiff's life. Plaintiff felt special, and believed it was an honor that Defendant Elder Verdajo sought her out so often. Defendant Elder Verdajo worked to gain Plaintiff's trust and cultivate a special bond between them, in order to render her more vulnerable to his eventual sexual abuse.
Defendant Elder Verdajo's sexual abuse always took place in his car. Defendant Elder Verdajo would penetrate Plaintiff's vagina with his fingers and force Plaintiff to perform oral sex on him. Defendant Elder Verdajo sexually abused Plaintiff from approximately 1984 to 1986.
Defendant Elder Verdajo continued to seek Plaintiff out and sexually abused her on a regular basis. Defendant Elder Verdajo was the one to counsel and prepare Plaintiff for her baptism at 16 years old. During the baptismal ceremony, Defendant Elder Verdajo dipped Plaintiff underwater. While she was underwater, Defendant Elder Verdajo fondled Plaintiff.
After approximately two years of sexual abuse, Plaintiff distanced herself from Defendant Elder Verdajo by refusing to attend Defendant Kingdom Hall. Only then did the abuse stop. Due to this abuse of Plaintiff by Defendant Elder Verdajo, Plaintiff suffered emotional distress and chronic mental health issues, drug addiction and alcoholism which have required and/or will require counseling and other treatment.
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ELISA DIAZ and SUZANNE GOMEZ v. WESTCHESTER SPANISH CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES (BRONX), FREEMAN SPANISH CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES (BRONX), ET AL was an outcome unknown 2021-22 New York civil court case. Edited excerpts from Plaintiff's complaint (allegations only):
Plaintiff ELISA DIAZ ... is a resident of the State of Florida. PLAINTIFF DIAZ was born in 1965 and raised in New York City, New York. Plaintiff SUZANNE GOMEZ ... is a resident of the State of Florida. PLAINTIFF GOMEZ was born in 1961 and raised in New York City, New York. ...
During some of the dates of sexual abuse of PLAINTIFF GOMEZ, Defendant FREEMAN CONGREGATION supervised one of PLAINTIFF GOMEZ's molesters, a man named ISMAEL MEDINA ... now possibly deceased. During the dates of the sexual abuse of PLAINTIFF DIAZ and some of the abuse of PLAINTIFF GOMEZ, WESTCHESTER CONGREGATION supervised PLAINTIFFS' molester, a man named PEDRO PENALVER ... now possibly deceased.
In and around 1968, when PLAINTIFF GOMEZ was approximately 7 years old, PLAINTIFF GOMEZ attended FREEMAN CONGREGATION. [ISMAEL] MEDINA was assigned to door-to-door proselytizing services in his role as ministerial servant, and would assist at the facility used by FREEMAN CONGREGATION for religious services. In that capacity, MEDINA would drive PLAINTIFF GOMEZ around the city during, or home from, Jehovah's Witnesses activities or functions.
During these times in his vehicle, [ISMAEL] MEDINA would sexually molest PLAINTIFF GOMEZ by forcing her to fondle his genitals and masturbate him as he drove. This molestation occurred on numerous occasions and went on for approximately one year.
Later, beginning in or around 1973 or 1974, [ISMAEL] MEDINA began to visit the PLAINTIFFS' house to pick them up, using his position and authority with the FREEMEN CONGREGATION as a ministerial servant. MEDINA informed PLAINTIFFS' mother that he was taking PLAINTIFF DIAZ and one or more of her sisters out for preaching or bible study. PLAINTIFFS' mother was disfellowshipped at the time and unable to participate in these Jehovah's Witnesses activities. MEDINA did not take PLAINTIFF DIAZ to church activities, but instead to fast food restaurants, drive-in movies, and other similar activities. While engaged in these activities, MEDINA would have anyone else who was with him and PLAINTIFF DIAZ leave the vehicle for a short period of time on the pretext of getting a snack, place PLAINTIFF DIAZ on his lap, and molest her by groping her genitals while he masturbated himself. This pattern occurred approximately three times a year until approximately 1979, with MEDINA continuing to take PLAINTIFF DIAZ out alone in the latter years.
PLAINTIFF GOMEZ and PLAINTIFF DIAZ were trained by FREEMAN CONGREGATION, WATCHTOWER, and GOVERNING BODY that they should obey MEDINA and respect the individuals appointed as ministerial servants, including MEDINA.
FREEMAN CONGREGATION elders represented to PLAINTIFF GOMEZ, PLAINTIFF DIAZ, and their mother that MEDINA was a good mentor for young children, and recommended that PLAINTIFFS' mother allow PLAINTIFF GOMEZ and PLAINTIFF DIAZ be entrusted to the custody and care of MEDINA, alone, for periods of time.
In and around 1970 to 1973, when PLAINTIFF GOMEZ was approximately nine to twelve years old and PLAINTIFF DIAZ was approximately five to seven or eight years old, PLAINTIFF GOMEZ and PLAINTIFF DIAZ both attended Defendant WESTCHESTER CONGREGATION. [PEDRO] PENALVER was assigned to door-to-door proselytizing services in his role as ministerial servant, and would assist at the facility used by WESTCHESTER CONGREGATION for religious services. In that capacity, PENALVER would separately drive PLAINTIFF GOMEZ and PLAINTIFF DIAZ around the city during, or home from, Jehovah's Witnesses activities or functions.
During these times in his vehicle or while in random buildings doing field service, [PEDRO] PENALVER would sexually molest PLAINTIFF GOMEZ by fondling her and exposing her genitals while masturbating himself. This molestation occurred on numerous occasions and went on for approximately three years.
During these times in his vehicle, while in random buildings doing field service, or at the Kingdom Hall near the bathrooms, [PEDRO] PENALVER would sexually molest PLAINTIFF DIAZ by groping her genitals and exposing her genitals while masturbating himself. Similarly, PENALVER would volunteer PLAINTIFF DIAZ in her absence to work in the kitchen of the Kingdom Hall or on the last days of national conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses, and then told her mother that he would be responsible for driving PLAINTIFF DIAZ home. On the return trip, he would sexually molest PLAINTIFF DIAZ. This molestation occurred on numerous occasions and went on for approximately three years. On one early occasion when PLAINTIFF DIAZ was approximately 6 years old, PENALVER took PLAINTIFF DIAZ to an office in a factory during field service and attempted intercourse with her. Given her age and size, PENALVER was unable to penetrate her, and she began to go into shock from the fear and pain. PENALVER did not attempt intercourse with PLAINTIFF DIAZ after this incident, but continued to grope and molest PLAINTIFF DIAZ until the family moved away from the Westchester area in or around 1973.
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UNITED STATES v. UVALDO RAMIREZ-CORTINAS and TEXAS v. UVALDO RAMIREZ-CORTINAS are multiple federal and state criminal prosecutions of only one member of a large, extended Jehovah's Witness Family in Mexico and the United States which has cost American taxpayers millions of dollars.
Javier Martinez, aka Ubaldo Cortinas Ramirez, aka Uvaldo Cortinas Ramirez is an ILLEGAL MEXICAN who has illegally entered the United States at least six times since 1998. In 2003, he was convicted of a felony hit-and-run in Texas. In 2008, after being charged with sexually abusing his 10-year-old stepdaughter, he was released on bail but failed to appear. He was convicted of bail jumping in Texas and sentenced to seven years in prison. After his release in 2012, Ramirez was issued a Notice to Appear for deportation proceedings. The notice declared him deportable for two reasons: being convicted of a "crime involving moral turpitude" and being "present in the United States without being admitted or paroled." Still pending as of 2019.
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HAWAII v. DONALD DEVINE GONZALEZ was a 1989 Hawaii criminal court case. Limited details. Alias Donald Divine Gonzalez (DOB:1964) was convicted of sexual assault and placed on the sexual offender registry in 1989. Last status was "non-compliant". Victim unknown, but perp had multiple young children of both sexes in 1989. Last known residence was Oahu, but original residence was Hawaii.
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NEW MEXICO v. ANDREW THOMAS GARCIA (2004) and NEW MEXICO v. ANDREW THOMAS GARCIA (2011). Andrew T. Garcia (born 1970) is a registered sex offender in NM effective 2013. Both convictions were in Albuquerque. At least one conviction allegedly related to the assault of Garcia's step-daughter. Andrew Garcia was convicted in 2004 of three counts of second degree Criminal Sexual Penetration. Thereafter, in 2011, Garcia was convicted of two counts of second degree Criminal Sexual Penetration, and convicted of two counts of third degree Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor. Garcia is believed to have been paroled in 2013, but re-arrested around 2021 due to parole violations related to his online activities as a XJW activist. Garcia was turned in by another XJW activist who quickly learned that the XJW community has ALWAYS been infiltrated by EVIL XJWs who have multiple other agendas than that which is decent and good. See our "SPIES" page.
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INDIANA v. OSCAR SANCHEZ HERNANDEZ was a 2018-21 Indiana state CHILD MOLESTATION prosecution. Oscar S. Hernandez is an illegal Mexican, born in 1988, who joined other illegal Mexican family members here in the United States around 2004. Around 2010, Oscar Hernadez lived in Franklin, Indiana, where he lived with a single mother of a daughter born around 2006. In 2016, Hernandez relocated to Indianapolis, where he took up with a different female. However, since Hernandez had been the only father known by the 10-11 year old girl in Franklin, her mother allowed her and her siblings to visit with Hernandez in Indianapolis. It was during these visits that Hernandez began to vaginally and anally rape the ten year-old. Those rapes were eventually reported to the mother, who reported Hernandez to the authorities. Hernandez became an official Jehovah's Witness shortly after his arrest, but likely had been affiliated for many years due to his illegal status. Notably, while in Indiana, Hernandez was employed as a janitor and a landscaper. In 2020, Oscar Sanchez Hernandez was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison. Appeal lost in 2021.
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HAWAII v. LOUIS ALBERTO MARTINEZ A/K/A DAVID LOUIS was a Hawaii 2013-16 criminal prosecution of a Jehovah's Witness Minister (Aiea Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses) with multiple aliases -- Louis A. Martinez, David Louis, and David Barber. DOB: 1976. JW Minister claimed to have been a troubled foster child who had been born in Los Angeles, California, and thereafter placed into 30 different foster homes and 19 different schools.
Only in his 30s, JW Minister claimed that he had held a plethora of employment positions over the years working with troubled children. In 2005, using the alias David Louis, JW Minister founded Heart Gallery Hawaii -- the Oahu affiliate of Heart Gallery of America Inc. -- a national organization that recruits parents for hard-to-adopt foster children by publicly displaying photos and biographies of hard-to-place foster children. In 2006, JW Minister authored his autobiography, "Scars That Can Heal", under the alias David Louis. In January 2009, David Louis was named Executive Director of the national organization -- Heart Gallery of America Inc.
In May 2013, JW Minister was indicted for having sexually assaulted in October 2011 a passed-out 16 year-old girl to whom JW Minister had given liquor. Thereafter, JW Minister also was charged with sexually assaulting his 11 year-old daughter in 2011. At some point while out on bail, JW Minister fled to California, and had to be extradited back to Hawaii. In January 2015, a jury deliberated less than three hours before finding JW Minister guilty of three counts of felony sexual assault, one count of attempted felony sexual assault, and two counts of misdemeanor sexual assault. In 2016, JW Minister, then age 40, was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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