NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of a Mexican megachurch who is serving more than 16 years in a California prison for sexually abusing young followers has been charged with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking for allegedly victimizing members of the church for decades, authorities said Wednesday.

A federal grand jury in New York returned the indictment alleging that Naason Joaquin Garcia, 56, and five others exploited the church for decades to enable the systemic sexual abuse of children and women for the sexual gratification of Garcia and his father, who died in 2014.

The newly unsealed indictment said the criminal activity included the creation of photos and videos of child sexual abuse.

Garcia was taken into federal custody early Wednesday in Chino, California, where he is s

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