A disturbing story out of Seminole County where three people have been arrested on charges related to the sexual abuse of three young girls.
One of those charged is a pastor.
It’s a sad story involving three girls under the age of 12 that officials say were sexually abused by a man they knew and trusted.
What’s worse is that the girls’ family pastor knew about the alleged abuse and did not report it to law enforcement.
Normail Perez is the man accused of sexually assaulting three young girls over the past seven years. According to investigators he was even caught in the act by Irma Torres, who has also been arrested.
Torres told investigators the girls went to her multiple times saying that Perez was touching them inappropriately, but never reported it to law enforcement, instead, Torres went to the family’s pastor, Cesar Chin.
When Chin was questioned he told investigators that he knew something was going on but he did not have any proof at that time.
He also admitted to providing counseling to the girls for the past year as the alleged sexual assaults were happening, with sexual abuse happening as recently as last week.
And still, he did not report the alleged abuse to law enforcement.
Today all three defendants are behind bars facing a laundry list of charges ranging from sexual assault on a minor, child neglect, obstruction of justice and failing to report suspected child abuse.