The Dominican authorities opened an investigation to determine the veracity of allegations of sexual abuse of 30 boys infants by an evangelical pastor.

SANTO DOMINGO (AP) – The Rev. Daniel Vasquez was delivered the day before public prosecutor in the city of Santiago, about 155 kilometers north of the capital, to deal with complaints.

The prosecutor in Santiago, Berenice Reynoso, announced Friday that prompted eight months of detention, in order to prevent escape while the authorities to intensify the research and question all the victims, aged between 13 and 16.

The pastor, 33, insisted on his innocence and said the complaints are due to a dispute with other members of your faith.

“That will make the relevant studies (children) to see if there was penetration,” requested. Were prosecuted in the company of community leaders from the neighborhood where he lives in Santiago.

Vasquez voluntarily surrendered to authorities this week after the pastor Pablo Ureña, who runs a rescue program recognized children working in a garbage dump, and parents of infants thirty filed the complaint.

According to Ureña, the pastor used his role as leader of the Evangelical Jesus, Source of Salvation, for permission to parents to ensure that male infants remain for hours with him on alleged religious activities.

He said the affected was told that Vasquez used to offer gifts, such as cell phones and money in exchange for sexual favors.

Domestic Violence Unit of the Office of Santiago said Friday it will begin a psychological evaluation of all children whose parents filed the complaint.