Ex‑Church Volunteer Guilty in Teen Assaults

Marvin Sotorizo, a 45-year-old former San Francisco church volunteer, was convicted on July 8 of sexually assaulting two unconscious teenagers in his home in 2017, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors said a jury found him guilty after a trial by jury on two counts of oral copulation of an unconscious person. The case stemmed from allegations by twin brothers who had been part of the youth congregation he led, according to earlier local reporting. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said the verdict delivered justice to victims who had waited nearly a decade. ### Who is Marvin Sotorizo, and what was he convicted of? San Francisco prosecutors identified Sotorizo as a former church volunteer and youth leader. The District Attorney’s Office said he was convicted of orally copulating two unconscious people in his home in 2017. Local reports described the victims as teenage twin brothers who had been involved in the church youth group he led. (sfdistrictattorney.org) ABC7 reported in July 2017 that Sotorizo had helped at a small Protestant Evangelical church on 25th Street near Potrero Avenue. Prosecutors said at the time that he invited the brothers to stay at his home after family issues, and that the assaults happened after they consumed drugs and fell unconscious there. (sfdistrictattorney.org) ### Why did prosecutors say the case took nearly a decade? The District Attorney’s Office announced the conviction on July 8, 2026, nearly nine years after Sotorizo’s June 27, 2017 arrest. Prosecutors said the verdict delivered justice to victims who had been waiting for nearly 10 years. Hoodline, citing the district attorney, reported that the case was retried this year after the 2017 arrest. (abc7news.com) SFGATE reported the guilty verdict on July 8 and said the conviction involved two unconscious teenage boys. The outlet said the assaults dated to 2017, matching the timeline laid out by prosecutors and earlier television coverage. ### What did Brooke Jenkins and other officials say after the verdict? (abc7news.com) Brooke Jenkins said in the district attorney’s announcement that her office had secured the conviction after a jury trial. Prosecutors said, “The jury’s verdict delivers justice to the victims who have been waiting for nearly 10 years,” in language repeated in local coverage of the case. (sfgate.com) Max Szabo, then a spokesperson for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, said in 2017 that allegations involving a person using “their place of trust to further a crime” were taken seriously. That statement came when Sotorizo first pleaded not guilty to charges tied to the alleged assaults. (sfdistrictattorney.org) ### What was known when the case first surfaced in 2017? June 27, 2017 was the date of Sotorizo’s arrest, according to ABC7 and SFGATE reports from that year. ABC7 said he did not make $750,000 bail after his arrest. SFGATE reported at the time that he pleaded not guilty to five counts of oral copulation on an unconscious person. (abc7news.com) The 2017 reports also said members of the congregation and the church pastor appeared in court in support of Sotorizo after charges were filed. Those early accounts established his role in the church youth program and the relationship between Sotorizo and the brothers who later testified. ### What happens next in the case? (abc7news.com) AOL, citing the district attorney’s office, reported that Sotorizo is out of custody pending sentencing and is scheduled to return to court on Sept. 24. The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office did not include a sentencing date in the brief version of its July 8 announcement that appeared in search results. (abc7news.com) Sept. 24 is the next public milestone in the case based on currently available local reporting. Any sentence would be imposed in San Francisco Superior Court after the jury’s July 8 guilty verdict. (aol.com)