Exclusive: Sexual Assault Victim Alleges Abuse By Former Youth Pastor

FLORIDA
CBS Miami

[with video]

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) – The young man had one word to describe Jeffery London: evil.

Over a course of years beginning when he was around 9 or 10 years old, the victim said London — a youth pastor — kept him in an unlocked room and raped and beat him.

“This man is pure evil,” the victim told CBS 4′s Carey Codd in an exclusive interview. “A youth pastor child molesting the youth.

The victim said his mother sent him to live with London because London was a youth pastor and believed her son would be safe with him. The young man said he soon began to rely on London.

“My real dad don’t want me,” the victim said. “My mom don’t want me. I started looking at (London) as a father figure. Why would you do this to me? I didn’t have anybody.”

The victim said London raped him repeatedly and promised him gifts to keep him quiet.

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