A pastor in El Paso, Texas, is in jail after being accused of fondling a woman during a “religious ritual,” KVIA reports.

Noel Jimenez, 69, is pastor at Iglesia Alabanza y Adoracion. He told a woman described as “emotionally dependent” on him that she was spiritually “stagnant.” He told her she could regain her purity if he anointed her.

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He was able to convince her that it was a “true religious ritual.”

“It’s sad because a lot of people I know did participate with this person and that’s not right for him to teach and help the community when he’s doing this,” a neighbor, who didn’t want to be identified, told Fox14.

He is being held on $75,000 bail.

