In a statement to Globo TV, Mr. Faria's office strongly denied the allegations.

在一份递交给环球电台的声明中，法里亚办公室强烈否认了这些指控。

Joao Teixeira de Faria better known as Joao of God, has followers all over the world.

乔安·特谢拉·德·法里亚被熟知为“上帝的乔安”，他的追随者遍布全世界。

They say the abuse happened at Mr. Faria's spiritual clinic near Brasilia where he said to treat ten thousand people a month, many of them foreigners.

她们称性侵就发生在法里亚在巴西利亚附近的精神诊所中，他称这里每月接待一万名病人，大部分都是外国人。