Victor Arden Barnard, 53, who is on the U.S. most-wanted list for allegedly sexually assaulting children, has been arrested in Brazil, authorities said Saturday. The self-professed minister was put on the list for allegedly molesting two girls in a "Maidens Group" at his religious fellowship in rural Minnesota. Barnard faces 59 counts of criminal sexual conduct when he is brought back to the states. Two women said they were among about 10 girls and young women who were chosen to live apart from their families in a camp where Barnard would sexually abuse them from the time they were teenagers to their early 20s, according to a criminal complaint. Barnard allegedly kept the girls isolated, and U.S. authorities have said he used religious coercion and intimidation to maintain his control over them, calling it cult-like behavior. He allegedly told one victim she would remain a virgin because he was a "man of God," according to a criminal complaint.
