Former Pastor Faces 20 Sex Counts

Former Pastor Faces 20 Sex Counts
Date: August 2, 2002

A former pastor at a Helper church has been charged with 20 counts of felony child sex abuse involving several children over a period of nearly two years.

Rene Anthony Gomez, 32, a former pastor at the Church of God of Prophecy in Helper, is being held without bail in the Carbon County Jail in Price,

said George Zamantakis, Helper police chief.

The abuse took place from October 2000 through June 2002 and involved three victims, according to court documents. The charges filed in 7th...
-THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

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PRICE -- The Carbon County Attorney's Office was scheduled to meet Wednesday to review the case of a former Helper pastor accused of molestation.Rene Gomez, former pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy, was arrested June 28 and booked into the Carbon County Jail on $100,000 bail for investigation of rape and sodomy of a child, Helper Police Chief George Zamantakis said.Carbon County Attorney Gene Strate said investigators believe at least two young boys were molested...