Brother Beaten Inside Church Testifies Against Sister

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Slight and bespectacled, a teenager who was severely beaten in a small and secretive church didn't look up as he walked into court Wednesday to testify against one of those accused of attacking him: his sister. Seventeen-year-old Christopher Leonard was hospitalized for days — and his 19-year-old brother, Lucas, died — after what authorities have described as hours of pummeling by their parents, sister and other congregants during a spiritual "counseling session" prompted by Lucas' desire to leave the church. Ferguson, along with the victims' parents, Bruce and Deborah Leonard, and three other church members beat the brothers with fists, feet and an electrical cord, authorities said.

 

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