In February, Retana was indicted on charges of sexual assault with a minor and use of a minor in producing pornography. Retana also is accused of separate counts of lewdness with a child younger than 14, first-degree kidnapping and child abuse.
Ana Villalobos-Casares, the wife of the pastor of Iglesia Cristiana Oasis De Paz, also has been indicted on one count of preventing or dissuading a witness or victim from reporting a crime, also a felony.
The Metropolitan Police Department has said it began investigating Retana last year after a girl told her parents that he had been sexually abusing her for more than a year. He was arrested Dec. 20.
In one of the most recent cases, a girl told police that Retana had instructed her to keep quiet after he touched her over her clothes during a youth Christmas event in 2016 at the church, which he and his wife founded at 2020 Michael Way in March 2004.