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Jersey City Pastor Gets 15 Years For Sexually Assaulting Two Girls At Church Jersey City Pastor Gets 15 Years For Sexually Assaulting Two Girls At Church
Jersey City Pastor Gets 15 Years For Sexually Assaulting Two Girls At Church A Jersey City pastor was sentenced to 15 years in New Jersey State Prison for the sexual assault of two different girls he taught at the church he worked at, authorities said. Josue Rodriguez, 62, was a pastor and taught religion to children at Temple Refugio, a church at 322 3rd St. in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Rodriguez taught both victims at the church, one of whom was between ages 6 and 9, and the other between 8 and 15, the prosecutor said. One of the victim's moms reported the alleged crime that happened at the church to Jersey City police on April 30,…