Pastor From Somerset Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child

SOMERSET, NJ — A Somerset man and Pastor at a Spanish-speaking church in New Brunswick was charged with sexual assault of a child, announced Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Brunswick Police Chief Vincent Sabo on Friday.

The Pastor was identified as Roby D. Cruz-Hernandez, 61, of Somerset, who works at Iglesia Pentecostal El Mesias in New Brunswick.

On Wednesday, a juvenile(an age was not given) reported being sexually assaulted by Cruz-Hernandez promoting Detective Daniela Castro of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and Detective William Coleman of the New Brunswick Police Department to begin an investigation.

Cruz-Hernandez was arrested without incident at his home in Somerset and charged with second-degree sexual assault and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Castro of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit at 732-745-3652 or Detective Coleman of the New Brunswick Police Department at 732-745-5222.

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