Former Arcata pastor accused of sex abuse sent back to jail
- January 13, 2011
A former Arcata pastor accused of molesting two girls in his care was shackled and sent back to jail Wednesday by a Humboldt County judge after a prosecutor claimed he’d violated court orders by repeatedly contacting one of his alleged victims.
Deputy District Attorney Kelly Neel told the court that Dino Cardelli had used a throw-away cell phone and a “false” Facebook page to contact the minor girl. Neel asked Judge Bruce Watson to put Cardelli back in jail and said that new criminal charges should be expected for his alleged actions.
Cardelli, 49, a former pastor for Calvary Chapel in Arcata, was arrested in September and charged with one count of recurring sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14, Jane Doe 1, one count of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor and two counts of oral copulation with a minor. In October, three more charges were filed, alleging committing a lewd and lascivious act with a child under 14 years old, Jane Doe 2. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
In court Wednesday, Neel said that Cardelli has not abided by the court’s October order to have no contact with the victims in the case.
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