Pastor Threatened Girl with Voodoo If She Told Anyone He Sexually Assaulted Her
A pastor in Florida threatened a 13-year-old girl with voodoo if she told anyone he sexually assaulted her, police say. Ricardo Strachan, 40, and the girl’s stepfather Avo Roker, 32, have been arrested after allegedly molesting her dozens of times, according to the Miami Herald.
Over the course of 2016, the pastor had sexual relations with the girl over 36 times either at a motel or in a high school’s parking lot, police said. He made her steal clothes from her family, and insisted he’d use these in voodoo rituals if she told anyone about the abuse, police claim.
The abuse by (her stepfather) Roker was even more prolific, cops said. They allege that he molested her more than 65 times from December 2015 to December 2016. He’s the person who introduced the girl to the pastor ...
Pastor Strachan, who used to work at Prophetic Worshippers International Church, was booked on Wednesday for lewd and lascivious battery on a person between ages 12 and 16 ... He is being held at the Paul Rein Detention Facility in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Roker (her stepfather) was arrested Saturday for sexual assault by a custodian in custody of a victim over age 12. He is locked up on no bond at the main jail.
Strachan’s attorney Lawrence A. Hashish provided a copy of Strachan’s arrest report. It mentioned that a grandmother of the victim, with whom the girl shared a room, saw Roker enter the room, wake up the teen, and get on top of her. Hashish said he’s not sure why the grandmother wouldn’t immediately tell police about this.
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