10-15-2015, 10:42 AM
Jesus Lord.
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The Crime / Victims
Six members of a fundamentalist Christian Church in New Hartford, New York were arrested and accused of beating 19-year-old church member Lucas Leaonard to death on Monday.
They also beat his 17-year-old brother who is in the hospital in serious condition.
The nutjobs were conducting a "religious counseling session" whereby the devout Jesus worshipers beat the boys genitals, stomachs, backs and thighs in attempt to get them to properly confess to their past sins and ask for forgiveness.
Church members took Lucas to the hospital after the 2+ hour beating and told the staff he'd been shot. Police were called. Lucas died of blunt from trauma.
When police went to the World of Life Christian Church to investigate, they found his younger brother Christopher Lucas in the church (formerly a school house) and rushed him to the hospital.
Authorities found several children in the church and called in child protective services.
The Crime / Victims
Six members of a fundamentalist Christian Church in New Hartford, New York were arrested and accused of beating 19-year-old church member Lucas Leaonard to death on Monday.
They also beat his 17-year-old brother who is in the hospital in serious condition.
The nutjobs were conducting a "religious counseling session" whereby the devout Jesus worshipers beat the boys genitals, stomachs, backs and thighs in attempt to get them to properly confess to their past sins and ask for forgiveness.
Church members took Lucas to the hospital after the 2+ hour beating and told the staff he'd been shot. Police were called. Lucas died of blunt from trauma.
When police went to the World of Life Christian Church to investigate, they found his younger brother Christopher Lucas in the church (formerly a school house) and rushed him to the hospital.
Authorities found several children in the church and called in child protective services.