Man who had sex with dog says he has newfound faith

WARREN — Salvador Rendon says people sometimes point at him in public because of the notoriety that came along with being convicted in April of repeatedly having sex with a family dog.

Rendon said his response to the attention is to say, “Thank you, Lord.”

Rendon said he was baptized over the weekend. His newfound faith was prompted by the criminal charges filed against him, he acknowledged through broken English.

Judge Thomas Gysegem of Warren Municipal Court also ordered Rendon to stay away from his wife and the home on Ward Avenue Northwest where he once lived with her.

“I leave it to the Lord. It’s one step at a time. He’s leading me,” Rendon said outside of the court today, wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap.

The purpose of the hearing was so the judge could check to see that Rendon is receiving the mental-health counseling he ordered and is otherwise following the judge’s orders.

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