Reuben Chizor, a US-based Nigerian
pastor of Hope Restoration Ministries in Queens Village has been sentenced to
15 years in prison for raping two sisters in the basement
of his church.
The victims were 12- and 14-year-old
and were also members of his congregation in the church.
According to NY Daily News, the trial
testimony revealed last month that on July 27, 2011, Chizor took the
14-year-old victim to the church basement, where he lived, and raped her. On
Aug. 22, 2011, he raped the 12-year-old.
The court also heard that in May 2013,
the 56-year-old pastor continued with the crime by abusing one or both of the
girls.
In July 2015, the girls confided in
each other and expose him which thereafter police were notified about the
crime.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown
while sentencing Chizor, said:
?The defendant took advantage of his
position as a man of the cloth and the trust placed in him by his followers to
satisfy his depraved desires. Through manipulation and conniving control, he
sexually abused his two young victims for nearly two years..?
According to him, 'what the defendant
forced his victims to endure was horrendous and as punishment, he now will be
spending a lengthy term behind bars.?
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