Ex-Member: Church Where Teen Was Beaten to Death Had History of Emotional Abuse
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A former member of the shadowy Word of Life church, where two brothers were savagely beaten Sunday, reveals that the sect became more controlling and punishing over the years.
On Sunday night, an ultra-secretive New York church turned into a living hell. Two teenage brothers were brutally beaten—one of them to death—by their own family members and fellow church-goers who wanted them to “confess” to their sins, authorities say.
Police charged the boys’ parents with manslaughter and four other participants with assault in the chilling incident that killed Lucas Leonard, 19, and left his 17-year-old brother, Christopher Leonard, in serious condition.
To neighbors, New Hartford’s Word of Life church is a “cult.” Those who live nearby point to the fence separating the red brick building—a sprawling former high school—from the community. Some say they’ve heard chants late at night and glimpsed men wearing long black trenchcoats. Others claim the gated church was breeding dogs, which were constantly barking.
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