Trang Vu, who now goes by Itani Milleni, staged the crime scene to make it look like a robbery but was caught after he tried to collect his wife's insurance claim years after the murder.
Cassandra Gutierrez, 30, stabbed her 42-year-old boyfriend with a kitchen knife on Thanksgiving Day after confronting him over a lack of help with her bills.
The staff members were charged with with abandoning or endangering a child and were booked into the Liberty County Jail. Their bail has been set at $60,000.
The tantrik, identified as Bhalesh Joshi, outed the couple's extra-marital affair to one of their spouses. In retaliation, the couple threatened to file a molestation case against him, so he decided to kill them, fearing humiliation.
The police chief allegedly also ordered a lieutenant to delete text messages from the woman to the lieutenant reporting the sexual misconduct the following day.
A witness called police on Sept. 30 after allegedly viewing Rev. Travis Clark, 37, through a church window engaging in sexual acts with two high-heeled, corseted women.