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Mark Vega, senior pastor of Ignite Life Center Church in Gainesville, Florida, who is also the former chaplain of the Gainesville Police Department, has been arrested for failing to report a case of suspected child abuse.

According to the news site Gainesville Public Information Services , Vega, 55, was booked on Monday afternoon by the Alachua County Sheriff's Office for one count of failing to report suspected child abuse. Ignite Life Center Church is affiliated with the Assemblies of God.

Vega is accused of knowing of the sexual abuse of multiple young boys by his former youth pastor, Gabriel Hemenez, 26, but allowed him to keep working at the church. A sworn affidavit also alleges that Vega failed to report the sexual assault of minor girls by his son, Christian Varg

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