A former Victory Christian Center employee who faces two sex charges hoped to see them dismissed Tuesday when he appeared in court for an arraignment, but a judge overruled the motion and reset the arraignment date to Feb. 1.
Israel Shalom Castillo, 23, stands accused of using a computer to facilitate a sex crime and making a lewd or indecent proposal to a minor.
Police say he used Facebook to send sexually explicit messages to a 14-year-old girl.
Tulsa District Judge William C. Kellough heard arguments on the motion to dismiss, then overruled it and set the arraignment date.
His attorney had filed a motion to dismiss those charges based on a lack of evidence.
Another former Victory employee, Chris Denman, has pleaded guilty to six felonies, including rape of a child under 14, forcible oral sodomy of a child under 14, lewd molestation, two counts of using a computer to facilitate a sex crime, and two counts of making a lewd proposal to a child.
A judge sentenced him to 55 years in prison and five years of probation last month.