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2 California ministry members plead in forced labor case

| February 28, 2020 12:05 AM

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two members of a Southern California-based ministry that allegedly forced homeless people and drug addicts to panhandle, stole their welfare benefits and held them against their will pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges.

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