Court date for Victory Christian Center sexual abuse suspect Israel Castillo pushed to January
Israel Castillo
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Posted: 12/10/2012
TULSA - A former Victory Christian Center employee charged in a sex abuse scandal will now wait until next year to be arraigned.
Israel Castillo, 23, is accused of making lewd proposals to a 15-year-old girl, to which he has pleaded not guilty. A second charge of using a computer to commit a sex crime was dropped last month.
Castillo was only in court for a couple of minutes Monday before a judge issued a continuance for Jan. 22.
Another former employee, 20-year-old Chris Denman, ignited the firestorm surrounding the church after his September arrest for the rape of a 13-year-old girl at a church event and the molestation of a 15-year-old girl.
Denman entered a guilty plea in October and could face life in prison.
Five other church employees were arrested shortly after for failing to report the crimes in a timely manner. The jury trial for two of the five, John and Charica Daugherty, is set to begin Wednesday.
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
PRINT
Also in the headlines
-
KD pledges $1M to tornado relief
Oklahoma City Thunder star forward Kevin Durant has joined recovery efforts after a massive tornado destroyed hundreds of houses and buildings and claimed dozens of lives.
-
How you can help Okla. tornado victims
-
$20 a month smartphone: Can it be real?
-
TFD in Moore doing search, rescue
-
Residents search for pets after storm
-
More tornadoes possible in central US
Photo Galleries
-
PICS: Day two of severe weather - May 20
Photo gallery of storms, severe weather May 20, 2013
-
Tornadoes and damage on May 19
-
Grand Lake boat crash leaves 2 dead
-
PICS: OKC in the 2013 NBA Playoffs
-
O.J. Simpson testifies, seeks new trial
