"Carlos Ramirez Valdez, 61, assaulted three children in places such as a church basement, his van and a backyard shed, according to the Orange County district attorney's office. Prosecutors say he met the victims while he was church leader at Iglesia De Dios Ebenezer in Santa Ana and was hired as a pastor at another Santa Ana church, International Mission Church USA, before he was arrested in 2021."
"One girl was molested by Valdez for seven years, starting when she was just 4 years old, prosecutors said. Valdez was accused of repeatedly assaulting the girl in a church basement and in his van. She ultimately reported the abuse to a school counselor. In 2020, another girl came forward to police in Garden Grove and reported that Valdez had sexually abused her in 2014 and 2015 when he offered to give her a ride home from church, prosecutors said."
Carlos Ramirez Valdez assaulted three children between 2012 and 2019, including one girl repeatedly over seven years beginning when she was four years old. Valdez exploited his position as a church leader and later pastor at Santa Ana congregations to access victims. The assaults occurred in a church basement, his van and a backyard shed. One victim reported the abuse to a school counselor; two other victims reported to police in 2020. Prosecutors secured convictions on 11 felony counts of lewd acts with a minor under 14 and three felony counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child 10 or younger. Valdez received a 45-years-to-life prison sentence.
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