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California attorney general seeks potential victims in La Luz del Mundo sexual abuse case

LOS ANGELES - Following the arrest this week of the leader of La Luz del Mundo church on sexual abuse and charges, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Thursday said that Naason Joaquin Garcia's unprecedented $50-million bail amount was merited.

At a news conference in Sacramento, the state's top prosecutor said Garcia's high bail reflects prosecutors' fear that the charismatic religious leader could flee if his Mexico-based church's followers - who number in the millions, by some estimates - try to raise money to spring him.

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