SELF-PROCLAIMED PASTOR ON MOST WANTED LIST

MINNESOTA
KDUZ

(MNN/Pine City, MN) — A self-proclaimed pastor on the run following allegations of sexual abuse is now on the U.S. Marshals Service’s 15 Most Wanted Fugitive List.

The agency says Victor Arden Barnard is wanted by the Pine County Sheriff’s Office on 59 felony counts of sexual assault.

He is accused of abusing young girls while he was acting as their pastor.

A reward of 25-thousand dollars is being offered for information that leads to his arrest. Barnard has been missing since he was charged in April.

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