Claims of brainwashing, child abuse and a cult-like sex ring to be aired

[norml]

Claims of brainwashing, child abuse and a cult-like sex ring to be aired in court

Austin Bernard III is one of nine defendants who prosecutors say were part of a cult-like church that abused children. His defense says he was brainwashed.




By Emanuella Grinberg
Court TV
Authorities in the small, rural Louisiana town of Ponchatoula were shocked when a local pastor walked into their office in mid-May and allegedly confessed to having sex with children, cats and dogs at his Hosanna Church.

Louis Lamonica allegedly implicated eight other members of his flock, including a deputy sheriff, in "cult-like" rituals involving the rape of as many as 24 young victims, from infants to teens, between 1999 and 2003.

But lawyers for the nine codefendants, ages 24 to 55, say that, not only are their clients innocent but they are the victims of a brainwashing scheme.

"There is absolutely no evidence, medical or otherwise, to suggest that there is any truth to these allegations," said A. Wayne Smith, lawyer for codefendant Allen Pierson, who pleaded not guilty in June to four counts of aggravated rape of a child under 13.


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http://www.courttv.com/trials/news/0705/29_bernard_ctv.html

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. This ought to be good

These people sound like total fruitcakes. Even if they do end up not being guilty, this will be a good trial to watch.

[undergroundpanther]

2. Pig.

I hope if he is found guilty and the trial is fair..he is just killed,no fanfare or hoo ha,he is just dead.
Pedophile sociopaths like this asshole cannot be rehabbed,I dunno why they just can't be..So, If there is no room in jail,and there is a push to let this monster out,I'd rather let out some potheads...

If they cannot make sure he is locked up for the rest of his sorry life..than kill the pig.

I think this creep has lost the right to exist..,because people like him are that toxic,that incorrigible, that inhuman,that much of a danger.And they will not stop choosing to be abusers unless they are supervised every minute to make sure they will never get away with it.Brainwashing alone cannot make someone rape kids cats and dogs..That is a choice a depraved heart makes that has decided to abuse and get away with it for a thrill.

[Mad_Dem_X]

8. With you completely on this one

There is no excuse for someone to abuse kids and animals. Makes me sick to my stomach. People like that need to be locked away forever or just killed.

[wli]

3. sounds like a typical Republican

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. does that galzed look remind you of John Roberts?

I once dated someone with a great bod, but that same look. Halfway through dinner, she started preaching.
Out of there faster than a cat on a hot tin roof.

[tsuki]

5. I am emailing this to Sick Rantorum so I can understand the

reason for such behavior in a Conservative State.

[maxrandb]

11. Ricky Will Just Say it's the "Hollywood Librul Culture"

Or maybe the Clenis (Clinton's Penis).

It's a very powerful organ, you know.

[tsuki]

12. Yea, I know. Personal Responsibility, no it was those dang liberals

that made him steal all that money from the PA school district.

[BedRock]

6. Trial??

Can't wait for this one...I think.

Short and sweet trial, no BS, very few experts. But fair!

Then send the shit to Gitmo

[newyawker99]

7. Hi BedRock!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[BedRock]

13. Awww, Thanks!

Hugs back!

[notadmblnd]

9. anyone want to bet that the MSM doesn't pick this up

and run with it like Michael Jackson or the missing white girls?All xtian sex abuse all the time. I don't think it will happen.

[maxrandb]

10. Republican National Committee Meeting?? n/t

[Stephanie]

14. Cats? Is that possible?

.

[RobinA]

15. The Original Article

makes this whole case seem damn fishy. Most of this ritual abuse crap doesn't pan out.