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>>>"Jerusalem" "Baptist" "Church": Who'd a thunk anything was wrong? No clues whatsoever!<<< }}}>Begin Posted on Wed, Mar. 13, 2002 Minister found naked with teen BY DAVID GREEN [EMAIL PROTECTED] An Allapattah Baptist minister who once led an anti-crime march was arrested Monday night after police found him inside a parked van, naked, having sex with a 17-year-old boy. Misael Castillo, 41, was charged with having unlawful sexual acts with a minor. The longtime pastor of Jerusalem Baptist Church, Castillo -- married with two children -- was released on $15,000 bond Tuesday morning. ''He was leading a double life,'' Miami police Lt. William Schwartz said. ``Family and church on one side, secret sexual liaisons on the other.'' The sex was consensual, police said. Castillo met the youth in an Internet chat room. Castillo has no statewide criminal record. It was the second time in a week that a South Florida clergyman has been accused of having sexual contact with an underage boy. Last week, the Catholic bishop of the Palm Beach diocese admitted he fondled a teenage seminarian 25 years earlier. Castillo's arrest came after residents noticed a white van parked at about 10 p.m. at the side of Southwest 24th Avenue, just west of South Dixie Highway. Eventually someone called police. Officers pulled up and found Castillo and the teenager -- both naked -- inside the van. Police took Castillo back to headquarters. He confessed he had sex with the youth Monday night and on a previous occasion, police said. The revelation shocked those who know Castillo. ''He's been a faithful pastor and his service has been noteworthy,'' said the Rev. David Cleeland, executive director of the Miami Baptist Association, a 280-church organization to which Castillo's church belonged. At Jerusalem Baptist Church -- a flat, lemon-colored building in the 2400 block of Northwest 23rd Street -- members appeared grim. One person who did speak was 10-year-old George Fletes. His mother works at the flower shop across from the church. Fletes said the pastor invited him to a Friday night service two weeks ago. ''He was nice,'' George said. ``It was during that time when it was really cold. I went in there. Everything was normal.'' According to Florida State Statute 794.05, anyone who is 24 or older and has sex with someone 16 or 17 -- even consensually -- has committed a second-degree felony. It is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The youth Castillo was found with is two months shy of his 18th birthday. Castillo lives at 1858 NW 26th St., in a neighborhood of modest one-story homes. Neighbors there praised the man who organized Allapattah's first walk against crime five years ago. ''I feel like it's [happening] to my father,'' Sonia Rivera said. � 2001 miamiherald and wire service sources. 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