A Hesperia pastor and foster father has been arrested for the alleged ongoing sexual abuse of two girls, one of whom was only 10 years old.
On Thursday, 54-year-old Jose Manuel Lozano was arrested by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a minor, officials said in a news release.
Lozano’s arrest comes at the end of an investigation into “allegations of continuous sexual abuse of minors by a foster parent and pastor of a local church,” authorities said.
The church was not identified, but the victims were listed as two girls, one 10 years old and the other 16.
Lozano did not appear in a search of jail records, but the Sheriff’s Department says he’s being held at the High Desert Detention Center in lieu of $5 million bail.
Detectives believe there may be other victims, and they’re asking anyone with information to come forward and contact Deputy Frankie Zavala at 760-947-1500.
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