… in a church. In a church called the Word of Life Christian Church, Chadwicks, N.Y.
You simply can't make this kind of stuff up.
And they are alleged to have also beaten his brother, who survived but was hospitalized. Beaten allegedly with the help of their fellow parishioners.
The boys were believed to have been beaten to try to get them to admit to so-called “sins.” The people trying to get them to admit to those sins apparently committed one of the most deadly of sins in order to get their sons to fess up.
And some people who are members of religious organizations wonder why so many of the rest of us are not and why so many people are flocking...away...from organized religion.