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24 June 2016

Brazil extradites US sect leader accused of sex abuse

Brazil has extradited a US sect leader accused of 59 felony counts of criminal sexual assault against young girls, allegedly committed "in the name of Christ," prosecutors said Wednesday.
Victor Arden Barnard, 54, fled the United States in 2014 after he was charged with the assaults. He was arrested in February 2015 in the tourist beach town of Pipa in northeastern Brazil.