B.C. pastor accused of sexual charges involving children

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A pastor who was servicing a Metro Vancouver church has been charged with sexual assault and sexual interference against children. 

Police in New Westminster say they began an investigation after multiple reports came to them. 

A police news release says the offences are alleged to have taken place between 2017 and 2021. 

It says after a lengthy investigation by the department’s major crime unit, three charges each of sexual assault and sexual interference have been laid against Pastor Edwin Alvarez.