MURRIETA (CNS) - A 54-year-old Wildomar pastor accused of sexually
assaulting two girls numerous times pleaded not guilty yesterday to nearly two
dozen felony charges.Fredy Romeo Gonzalez Lopez was arrested in November following a
Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigation.Lopez is charged with eight counts of aggravated rape of a child,
seven counts of lewd acts on a minor, five counts of sodomy of a child and
multiple sentence-enhancing allegations of targeting two or more victims in a
sex crime.The defendant was arraigned before Superior Court Judge Elaine Kiefer,
who scheduled a felony settlement conference for Feb. 22 at the Southwest
Justice Center in Murrieta.Lopez is being held on $1 million bail at the nearby Byrd Detention Center.According to
