Leader of shamanistic neighborhood accused of sexual assault, youngster sexual abuse in Riverside County

The chief of a shamanistic neighborhood was arrested Wednesday after a number of folks reported sexual assaults they mentioned came about in Riverside County.

Multiple accusers alleged Ricardo Flores, 59, of Rialto, sexually assaulted victims at a house within the 26000 block of Sandi Lane in Moreno Valley, in accordance with a information launch from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

Investigators arrested Flores round 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, alleging he dedicated a number of assaults round Riverside County. He was arrested on the border whereas returning to the United States from Mexico and booked on suspicion of sexual assault and youngster sexual abuse.

Flores is the spiritual chief of a shamanistic neighborhood with numerous places throughout the nation, in accordance with the sheriff’s division.

The sheriff’s division didn’t specify what neighborhood Flores led. Shamanistic communities are typically outlined as locations the place individuals who follow shamanism can maintain rituals and ceremonies and follow their spiritual and religious beliefs.

Merriam-Webster says shamanism is “a faith practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that’s characterised by perception in an unseen world of gods, demons, and ancestral spirits responsive solely to the shamans.”

Anyone with details about the case was requested to contact the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station Investigations Bureau at 951-486-6700.