Overview

• Police detained Luis Emanuel Jesús Ramírez, 44, in La Plata after a complaint that he abused a 13-year-old congregant at the Tiempos de Pacto church in Los Hornos.
• He was formally charged with aggravated sexual abuse as a minister of cult in real concurrence with abuse against a person under 18, according to the case file.
• Investigators report that the pastor solicited intimate photos over WhatsApp and threatened the child to keep the abuse secret.
• At the request of prosecutor Betina Lacki and by order of Judge Juan Pablo Masi, officers searched his home and seized two phones for DDI La Plata to examine for images, videos and chats.
• The probe, initiated from the boy’s testimony, is reviewing incidents dating back to 2021 and possible additional victims, while the church has publicly denied the accusations and warned it would sue protesters.