Michael Anthony Romero, a former youth pastor at First Baptist Church in Magnolia, has been charged with sexual contact with children after confessing to inappropriate touching of multiple male students while he worked at the church from 2002 to 2012.
youth pastor turned himself in for inappropriately touching multiple children while he worked at a church.Documents say on January 23, Romero went to the
Police Department to speak with Detective Stanford about past sexual assault. He told authorities he was a youth pastor at First Baptist Church in Magnolia around 2002 to 2012 and during that time, he touched his male students.According to court documents, Romero said recent sexual abuse hits in the Southern Baptist Church Convention had him concerned his name may be on a list with SBC task force, and he had to "do something to make things right.
Two of the five victims said they remembered Romero touching them inappropriately while they were sleeping, and the other three said they did not remember inappropriate touching.While interviewing the five victims Romero stated he inappropriately touched, investigators say they were able to the names of other youth group members who spent time with Romero.
Four more males came forward saying they were inappropriately touched by Romero when they were younger as well.Romero would often dismiss his conduct saying, "I like to cuddle a lot", "Did I do anything weird last night?", or "I move around a lot in my sleep."One victim recalled the touching being like "a 16-year-old boy with a girl and you're trying to make slight advances with her.
According to court documents, there would be some instances where he touched a boy at the time, and they would move his hand, but he would put it right back.Download the FOX 26 News App
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