WESTMINSTER – A pastor has been charged with molesting an 8-year-old girl and possessing thousands of images of child pornography on his computer, including photos of a young female relative.

Christopher Raymond Olague, 39, of Westminster faces a maximum sentence of 30 years to life in state prison plus an additional 13 years and four months. He is being held on $1 million bail pending arraignment Tuesday in the West Justice Center in Westminster.

Olague was a pastor at Refuge Southland Church in Buena Park and a soccer coach for the American Youth Soccer Organization, prosecutors said.

He is accused of picking up an 8-year-old girl from her home Oct. 5 under the pretense of taking her to play with one of his children, according to prosecutors. But instead, prosecutors said, Olague drove the girl to a grocery store parking lot, where he rubbed her legs, thighs and arms while unbuttoning his pants.

When the girl began to cry and asked to be taken home, Olague gave her $40 and instructed her not to tell the police before he drove her back to her parents, according to a news release from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. The girl immediately told her mother about the incident, and the mother contacted the Huntington Beach Police Department.

During the subsequent investigation, Huntington Police detectives discovered thousands of images of child pornography on the defendant’s computer, prosecutors said, including some of a 6-year-old female relative.

Olague was charged specifically with two counts of lewd acts on a child under 14, kidnapping for child molest, attempting to dissuade a witness, using a minor for sex acts, and possession and control of child pornography, plus sentencing enhancements for kidnapping in the commission of a sexual assault and lewd acts against multiple victims.

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Huntington Beach detective Kevin Johnson at 714-960-8834, detective Mike Szyperski at 714-536-5988 or Supervising District Attorney Investigator Lou Gutierrez at 714 347-8794.

Contact the writer: lwelborn@ocregister.com or 714-83403784