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Leo, 70, who has a history of missionary work in Peru and is the first pope from the United States, was elected in a conclave of cardinals on May 8.

Rinderknecht is the son of Christian missionaries and a former resident of Pacific Palisades who was living in Florida at the time of his arrest.

Rindernecht grew up the son of Baptist missionaries who traveled across the United States every few years.

Latinos are some of the fastest growing members worldwide, thanks to missionary work in countries like Mexico, Brazil and Peru.

Last year, Tennessee’s attorney general filed suit against Mathis’s church, claiming it improperly commingled missionary funds with other moneys.