Seven charged in fatal beating of teen at upstate New York church

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Seven charged in fatal beating of teen at upstate New York church
Reuters
26 minutes ago

ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) - Seven people were criminally charged on Tuesday for their alleged role in the fatal October beating of a teenager during a counseling session at an upstate New York church.

A grand jury charged Bruce Leonard, 65, with second-degree murder, alleging that he fatally beat his 19-year old son Lucas and badly injured his 17-year-old son Christopher over the course of 10 hours following services at the Word of Life Church in Chadwicks, New York, about 50 miles east of Syracuse in an attempt to get them to confess their sins.

Leonard faces 13 criminal counts including second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, kidnapping and gang assault, according to an indictment released by the Oneida County District Attorney's Office.

The church's pastor, Daniel Irwin, the victims' sister, Sarah Ferguson and four fellow parishioners were also indicted on lesser charges for their alleged roles in the attack.

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[tabasco]

1. Religious terrorism, right here in the USA n/t

[houston16revival]

2. Hope

they all get 25 years - served together

[JudyM]

4. Judgment Day... after day... after day. That would be fitting. Nt

[BeyondGeography]

3. Scumbags

[Dont call me Shirley]

5. Close that domestic torture center down! Now!

[Midnight Writer]

6. I am confused. Where exactly did these radical religious fanatics immigrate from?

[Waitsman]

7. History

Why surprise? They have been torturing and killing people since the earliest days of Christianity. Anyone hear of the "Crusades" Burning heretics alive, or how about all those witches they had to torture and burn.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

8. Messed up

I think these people committed greater sins than whatever it was they were trying to get the teenagers to confess too.