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LAST MINUTE: ICE arrests pastor who threw out parishioner by police

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After the scandal that occurred this

week in an evangelical congregation in North Carolina where a parishioner was arrested, the arrest of the pastor who was fired by the police has now been announced.

The County Sheriff’s Office Rockingham announced on its website that together with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) they have just arrested Albert López, pastor of the Open Door Baptist Church of the city of McLeansville.

The operation in which the religious leader was arrested was carried out at his home located in Greensboro, a few miles from the church where the controversial incident took place.

The 54-year-old López, the authorities had been looking for him since 2011 in connection with a series of sexual abuse to the detriment of several minors.

The man had remained far from the radar of the authorities, until last Sunday, when he decided to remove Félix Arias Evangelista by force.

Until yesterday the reason for the dispute between the two was unknown, but now the outlook is clearer.

López faces five serious charges, including rape, sexual assault and perversion of minors.

The North Carolina authorities have set him a bond of 3 million dollars for the crimes he is charged with.

LAST MINUTE: ICE arrests pastor who threw out parishioner by police

This was the initial note that made Lopez famous.

And it is that in a video that has gone viral on social networks you can see how a member of the Open Door Baptist Church in the city of McLeansville is arrested by local authorities for refusing to leave the precinct.

The person who was handcuffed was identified as Félix Arias Evangelista, whom they accused of breaking and entering.

Guilford County police officers arrived at the scene after receiving a call that someone had trespassed at the ministry.

The uniformed officers then approached Arias in full religious service and asked him to leave, but another person yelled «we are in a church», although that did not disturb the officers at all.

“He was kindly asked to leave, but Mr. Arias refused. The pastor (of the congregation) had also requested it, but he did not comply either, so we had to remove him, ”the Guilford Sheriff’s Office reported in a statement.

In an interview with the local newspaper Qué Pasa, Arias explained that, for days, he had some differences with the pastor of the church and that he had asked him not to return.

“He had threatened me that he was going to call the police. But I am frank with you. I didn’t believe (it), because we are a congregation. We have bought the church among the brothers, ”Arias told Qué Pasa.

According to his testimony, on Sunday he decided to return to what he considered his congregation as customary, but which, upon arrival, ran into two «brothers» at the entrance who did not want to let him pass.

ICE arrests pastor parishioner

However, he says he managed to sneak in and once inside, he sat in the middle of the crowd, something he had done for the last 14 years as a member of that church.

“We have been (serving) there for many years. You have no right to treat us that way, as criminals. We have given our life to him, ”Arias told Qué Pasa.

Arias’s arrest was temporary. And is that once in the police headquarters, the authorities chose to release him without even imposing the payment of a bond.

“It is that I did not commit any crime. I am a member of that church, ”the parishioner stressed to Qué Pasa.

Since it was exposed on the networks, the video went viral and shook many members of the Hispanic community, who condemned the religious leader of that congregation.

“Penalty should be given to the pastor. Throwing the police out of a brother who had previously been feeding him with his tithes. They are all the same ”, read one of the many comments on the networks.

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