FLORIDA
NBC Miami
[with video]
A South Florida youth pastor testified Tuesday in the sex abuse trial against him.
Jeffery London, charged with several counts of lewd and lascivious molestation and sexual battery on minors, said on the stand that helping people was a part of his Christian upbringing.
“It was like I was a beacon,” London said. “If a child was in trouble, send him to Mr. London. I didn’t go out looking for anyone’s children, they came to me.”
London worked with youth at the Bible Church of God and was Dean of Students at Eagle Charter Elementary in Broward.
Since London was arrested in 2012, at least 10 men have accused him of molestation while the men were pre-teens through their teenage years, the Sun Sentinel reported. London faces life in prison if convicted, according to the newspaper.
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