MARTINEZ ENTERS PLEA vs

A MAN WHO ONCE WORKED AS A COUNSELOR'S AIDE FOR APTOS HIGH SCHOOL PLEADED INNOCENT TO 4 COUNTS OF LEWD ACTS WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 10 . 47-YEAR-OLD STEVEN MARTINEZ WAS AT ONE TIME PASTOR OF THE NOW CLOSED NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH IN WATSONVILLE. SEVERAL WOMEN CAME FORWARD TO SAY THAT MARTINEZ MOLESTED THEM IN THE MID-1990S. MARTINEZ MET ONE OF HIS ACCUSERS AT APTOS HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS RELEASED ON BAIL, BUT SHOULD BE BACK IN COURT IN FEBRUARY.