Rafael Cuevas was the pastor of Temple of Prayer Assembly of God church, a church his father built with his own hands. In 2021, he was arrested and charged with sexually abusing a child under the age of twelve from 2017 to 2020. His official charges were two counts of sexual battery and six counts of lewd and lascivious molestation against a victim under 12 years old.
In a plea deal, he pled guilty to two counts of attempted sexual battery of a minor. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison and ten years subsequent probation.
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April 18, 2021