FLORIDA
WESH
[with video]
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —A Winter Springs pastor has been arrested and charged with failing to report child sexual abuse.
Two members of his church are charged in connection with the sexual abuse of three young girls that allegedly went on for seven years.
According to deputies, one of the victims told Fellowship Church Pastor Cesar Chin that she was being sexually abused. Chin provided counseling but never reported it to police, deputies said.
The lead pastor of the church, Roger Diaz, says when Chin told him about ongoing child sex abuse among members of his following, he knew what reporting it would bring.
“This was an incredible weight on me because here goes an entire family, completely decimated,” said Diaz.
But Diaz knew the law required Chin to stop covering for the suspect.
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