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Nov 12, 2009
Ritual sex abuse: 5 charged <!--10 min-->
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CHICAGO - A MISSOURI man and his four sons were charged with the ritualistic sex abuse of his six grandchildren and police were searching the family farm on Wednesday for bodies that may be buried there.
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FIVE men were formally charged with various counts of child sex abuse on Tuesday and remained in jail on Wednesday after a judge set bonds ranging from US$30,000 (S$42,000) to US$75,000.
Charged in the crime were: Burrell Edward Mohler Sr, 77; Burrell Edward Mohler, Jr, 51, the father of the six children; Jared Leroy Mohler, 48; Roland Neil Mohler, 47; and David A Mohler, 52.
</td></tr> </tbody></table> Officials declined to say whether the remains they were searching for were of adults or children. The alleged crimes came to light in August when a 26-year-old woman approached police with the suppressed memories of years of abuse at the hand of her father, uncles and grandfather. The woman described nine incidents of abuse which she believes began when she was about five and ended after she became pregnant and was forced to have an abortion at age 11.
The abuse included elaborate 'wedding' ceremonies in which the girls would pick flowers to adorn their hair and wear special dresses. After one such ceremony, she was 'wed' to an uncle and led to a chicken coop. Charging documents said she remembered 'her grandfather putting a blanket over the glass door and saying 'you all have fun''.
Another incident involved lining the girls up on their grandfather's bed in the farmhouse basement. The grandfather, father and an uncle then repeatedly violated the girls with items that included a screw driver and a pencil.
The woman also recalled being forced to watch as her brother was sexually abused and the charging documents also described an incident of sexual abuse involving a dog. -- AFP
Nov 12, 2009
Ritual sex abuse: 5 charged <!--10 min-->
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CHICAGO - A MISSOURI man and his four sons were charged with the ritualistic sex abuse of his six grandchildren and police were searching the family farm on Wednesday for bodies that may be buried there.
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FIVE men were formally charged with various counts of child sex abuse on Tuesday and remained in jail on Wednesday after a judge set bonds ranging from US$30,000 (S$42,000) to US$75,000.
Charged in the crime were: Burrell Edward Mohler Sr, 77; Burrell Edward Mohler, Jr, 51, the father of the six children; Jared Leroy Mohler, 48; Roland Neil Mohler, 47; and David A Mohler, 52.
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</td></tr> </tbody></table> Officials declined to say whether the remains they were searching for were of adults or children. The alleged crimes came to light in August when a 26-year-old woman approached police with the suppressed memories of years of abuse at the hand of her father, uncles and grandfather. The woman described nine incidents of abuse which she believes began when she was about five and ended after she became pregnant and was forced to have an abortion at age 11.
The abuse included elaborate 'wedding' ceremonies in which the girls would pick flowers to adorn their hair and wear special dresses. After one such ceremony, she was 'wed' to an uncle and led to a chicken coop. Charging documents said she remembered 'her grandfather putting a blanket over the glass door and saying 'you all have fun''.
Another incident involved lining the girls up on their grandfather's bed in the farmhouse basement. The grandfather, father and an uncle then repeatedly violated the girls with items that included a screw driver and a pencil.
The woman also recalled being forced to watch as her brother was sexually abused and the charging documents also described an incident of sexual abuse involving a dog. -- AFP
