MEXICO
Huffington Post
Lee Moran
Trends Editor, The Huffington Post
A Christian pastor in Mexico has been arrested over allegations that he raped two underage sisters more than 100 times over a four-year period.
Alfredo Huerta Zavala, 56, allegedly told the siblings — who were 9 and 10 years old when the abuse is said to have begun — that they should trust him “unconditionally” because he had been chosen by Christ, multiple media outlets in Mexico reported Wednesday.
He is also alleged to have invoked the “name of God” to force them into performing sexual acts. The girls are now 13 and 14.
The attacks reportedly occurred when the sisters were supposed to be helping Zavala carry out chores around the Luz del Mundo church in the city of Oaxaca every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
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