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La Luz del Mundo Church Leader Charged with Child Rape, Human Trafficking

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks to reporters on March 5. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Attorney General Xavier Becerra is asking survivors of sexual abuse by La Luz Del Mundo members to come forward. The leader of this fundamentalist Christian church, based in Mexico, was arraigned in Los Angeles Wednesday on charges including rape and human trafficking. The alleged crimes occurred in L.A. County, where the church has several locations.

Read reporter Leslie Berestein Rojas' story on KPCC.

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