UNITED STATES
Sky News
A self-proclaimed pastor accused of systematically assaulting two young girls at his religious fellowship in the US has been arrested – 11 months after he went on the run.
Victor Arden Barnard, who was one of America’s most-wanted men, was detained by police in Brazil – following a raid on an idyllic apartment near a beach resort.
He faces 59 counts of sexual assault against the girls, who investigators believe were abused throughout their teenage years between 2000 and 2012.
They were among 10 young women who had moved away from their families to live at his camp in rural Minnesota – and both victims were apparently housed in isolation, enabling the abuse to take place.
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