Man sentenced to life in serial rape case

He pleaded guilty last Friday to four counts of rape, six counts of sexual assault and one count of burglary.

Morales read a statement in Santa Ana Superior Court saying the attacks were not planned.

"I accept my shame, and I, alone, should bear this, not you, the victims in this case ... You did nothing wrong," said the Jehovah's witness who used to go door-to-door evangelizing.

Three of his victims addressed the court before Morales was sentenced to 101 years to life in prison.

Two of them were sisters who were 13 and 16 when he raped them in Huntington Beach two years ago. Ame D., now 18, said she and her sister had gone across the street to a store in a mall being remodeled when Morales approached them.

She said he claimed to be a truant officer and led them to another area, where they were attacked for about an hour.

"After all was done, we were still with our backs to him, knelt down," she said. "We were holding each others' hands when he told us to count to 100. And we'd told him, 'Please don't hurt us. We won't tell anybody, we won't say anything."'

The teen said she has never figured out his motives.

Family members of the victims felt vindicated.

"I feel good about one thing. When you get to where you're going, you're going to be on the other side," one father said to Morales.

A prosecutor said Morales did not try to plea bargain.