New Brunswick Pastor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A reverend at a Spanish-speaking Christian church in New Brunswick is charged with sexually assaulting a child.

The pastor is Roby D. Cruz-Hernandez, 61, of Somerset. He works as a reverend at Iglesia Pentecostal El Mesias in New Brunswick.

The juvenile (an age was not given) reported the alleged sex assault to police Wednesday of this week, and Cruz-Hernandez was arrested without incident at his home in Somerset.

He is charged with second-degree sexual assault and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Castro of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit at 732-745-3652 or Detective Coleman of the New Brunswick Police Department at 732-745-5222.