(KRON) — On Friday, a Contra Costa County judge sentenced a former Richmond pastor to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole for sexually assaulting an underage girl who he met through his church.
Ex-pastor Emilio Alberto Esperanza-Pacheco was found guilty following a jury trial in February of aggravated sexual assault of a child, as well as forcible lewd acts upon a child, prosecutors said.
Esperanza-Pacheco’s crimes happened between June-October of 2023 while he was working as a pastor at God’s Lighthouse of Truth Church, prosecutors said…