Posted on 09/08/2023 2:59:10 AM PDT by Morgana
A pastor at a former downtown Wausau church convicted of repeatedly assaulting a young girl beginning when she was 10 years old will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Delfino R. O’Day-Figueroa was convicted by a jury in July following a three-day trial. Jurors deliberated for about three hours before finding him guilty of repeated sexual assault of the same child, involving at least three violations, according to online court records.
O’Day-Figueroa was known by the victim as “Pastor Ray.” He was a leader at Song Life Nulife Gospel Oasis, a former church on the retail level of the Landmark Building on Scott Street in Wausau. Worship services were held there for several years and witnesses said O’Day-Figueroa was a pastor there until about 2019.
The Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry shows O’Day-Figueroa, 53, was convicted in 1995 in Milwaukee County of second-degree sexual assault of a child. Online court records also show a 2008 conviction on fourth-degree sexual assault charges in Marathon County. He is also known by the name Delfino Figueroa.
The victim, now 18, told investigators that the abuse began in 2014 and continued for years while “Pastor Ray” was regularly visiting her family’s home. The girl’s father, who had experienced medical issues while O’Day-Figueroa was offering his “help” at the home, only later became aware of the man’s sex offender status.
On Nov. 3, prosecutors filed charges of repeated sexual assault of a child against O’Day-Figueroa. He was charged as a persistent repeater, because he was previously convicted of a serious child sex offense. That factor cleared the way for the life sentence, which was handed down Tuesday by Circuit Judge Scott Corbett.
Restitution has not yet been determined.
O’Day-Figueroa was immediately remanded to the custody of the Wisconsin Prison System for processing.
At first I was going to say that he should burn in hell but after seeing his mugshot, he looks like a rather jovial bloke. Not!
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Convicted and jailed. Not terms you hear much associated with Catholic priests, who are protected by the hierarchy and surreptitiously shuffled from parish to parish to protect them but not more potential victims.
My parents sent me to a Catholic high school. There was a priest assigned to the school. Nice guy. One day he was abruptly transferred to a school for deaf children.
Years later it was reported that he was groomer and was molesting kids. What a pig. Of course the church hierarchy knew all about his sin and crimes so instead of prosecution, they placed him with younger children who may have been physically unable to report his sin and crime.
I’m aware of a couple incidents in evangelical churches. When the crime was discovered, authorities were notified in about five minutes. Literally.
Hopefully, the prison’s GP will take care of him.
But if he tried to make her “trans”, told her about his sex life and orientation, gave her pornography, or pornographic literature the media would be making him a hero.
Unreal.
He goes to jail but teachers and school boards remain free.
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