GLENDALE : Pastor to Stand Trial in Molestation of Girl, 15
The pastor of a Pasadena church has been ordered to stand trial on charges that he sexually molested a 15-year-old girl at her Glendale home over a two-month period.
The Rev. George Nathan Bolden Jr., 33, of Altadena appeared before Municipal Judge Joseph DeVanon, who set Bolden’s arraignment for Oct. 5 in Pasadena Superior Court.
Bolden, head minister at First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, faces seven felony counts--three of lewd acts with a child, two of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, one of attempted unlawful sexual intercourse and one of oral copulation.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Mark Collier called only one witness, Glendale police Investigator Linda Reynolds, who testified that the alleged sexual encounters occurred on May 14, May 26 and June 21.
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