Attleboro Pastor Facing New Assault Charges

The pastor of an Attleboro church charged last week with molesting a teenage member of his congregation more than a decade ago now faces additional charges of assaulting two other teenage girls.

The Sun Chronicle reports that Hector Aguirre, pastor of Iglesia Arca de Salvacion, pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of indecent assault and battery.

Aguirre was freed last week on $15,000 cash bail after pleading innocent to rape and other charges in the earlier case. The judge set an additional $500 bail on the new charges and ordered the native of Guatemala to surrender his passport.

Two 17-year-old girls say the pastor hugged them tightly and kissed them when they were alone with him on different occasions last fall.

The 49-year-old Aguirre's lawyer says his client denies the allegations.