The couple allegedly beat their teenage son to death during a family counselling session inside the "sanctuary room" of a Christian church, police said.
Daily Mirror reports that Four
of the couple's fellow parishioners were also charged with assaulting the
teenager's younger brother, Christopher, on Sunday at the Word of Life Church
in Chadwicks, New York.
"Both brothers were
continually subjected to physical punishment over the course of several hours
in the hopes that each would confess to prior sins and ask for
forgiveness," chief of the New Hartford Police, Michael Inserra said.
Lucas died on Monday
afternoon after being driven to a hospital by family members, who falsely told
doctors the teenager had suffered a gunshot wound, police said.
Leonard's injuries were
consistent with blunt force trauma to his torso and extremities, police said.
Through interviews with
church members, police said they learned that his younger brother, 17-year-old
Christopher had also been severely beaten during the counselling session.
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