MARTINEZ (KRON) — A minister in the East Bay is behind bars on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teen girl, Martinez police spokesman Aaron Roth said.
Thirty-two-year-old Fernando Maldonado, of Concord, was arrested Monday in Concord on numerous counts of sexual assault charges, including sexual intercourse with a girl younger than 14 years old, Roth said.
Maldonado used to work at Morello Baptist Church in Martinez.
He later became a minister for the Grace Bible Church in Pleasant Hill.
Maldonado is being held on $725,000 bail.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Martinez police.