Update | Nov 15: Added explanation for the date state prosecutors say the coverups began and number of victims.
The State Attorney’s Office of the Eighth Judicial Circuit formally filed charges against Mark Vega on Friday for failing to report suspected child abuse. Vega is the head pastor of Ignite Life Center (ILC) Church.
Information filed by Assistant State Attorney Lua Lepianka states Vega, while serving as a “church pastor or other spiritual leader,” did not report the “sexual abuse of one or more juveniles” despite being required to do so…