Reporter: From Wire Reports

August trial set for ex-megachurch worker

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A judge has entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of a former janitor charged with making a lewd proposal to a 14-year-old girl at Victory Christian Center in Tulsa.

Israel Castillo said nothing during his arraignment Friday morning. A judge entered the plea on his behalf and scheduled an Aug. 19 trial date.

Castillo claims he did not know the girl was under age when he allegedly sent explicit Facebook messages to her. Prosecutors say Castillo had known the girl for at least two years and met her in person.

If convicted, Castillo could face 20 years in prison.

Another former Victory employee - 20-year-old Chris Denman - was sentenced in December to 55 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl in a church stairwell.


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