California pastor held in torture of 13-year-old

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(04-04) 17:58 PDT Corona, Calif. (AP) --

The pastor of a Riverside County storefront church and two of his followers were charged with assaulting a 13-year-old boy who authorities said was disciplined by being pinched with pliers, beaten with a shovel, forced to dig a grave and threatened with death.

Suspect Lonny Remmers, 54, of Corona pleaded not guilty Wednesday to assault with a deadly weapon and inflicting corporal injury on a child. Nick Craig, 22, and Darryll Jeter Jr., 28, pleaded not guilty to kidnapping, assault and other felonies, prosecutors said.

They were arrested on Friday and remained jailed Wednesday. It was not immediately clear whether they had obtained attorneys.

If convicted, Remmers could face up to seven years in prison. The other men could face up to 19 years and fours month each, said John Hall, a spokesman for the district attorney's office.



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[bowens43]

1. they were probably doing it for god.......

[Fawke Em]

2. They were doing it to please their sick selves

and then claiming it was for God.

[RKP5637]

4. Yep, like many of these groups, cults, churches that operate under the

banner of religion to mask their hatred and to "please their sick selves and then claiming it was for God."

[Art_from_Ark]

3. How in the world can anyone do that to another human?

Especially a kid? I just cannot understand how anyone can be so cruel.