Crime & Safety

Former Denver Church, School Worker Charged With Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Church: 'I Couldn't Believe This Was Happening To Me'

Diego Marroquin, 36, is charged with sexual assault of a child.

Denver police and prosecutors are pursuing a rape case against a man who served as the music director at St. John's School and church in southeast Denver, according to a CBS News Colorado investigation.

Diego Marroquin, 36, is facing one charge of sexual assault on a child under the age of 15 by a person in a position of trust. He allegedly raped a 13-year-old female student from the school on a balcony overlooking the church in May of 2022.

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