- Oct 17, 2011
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The official reason given for the church’s closure is that it “is used or intended to be used for purposes which are illegal and may endanger the health and safety of persons.” No further details have been provided on what led authorities to that conclusion.
But just a few days earlier, a woman who was found bleeding from the head near the church reportedly showed police a room inside where she said she had been held captive and beaten; officers reported finding a bucket filled with feces and urine inside the room.
The woman, who has not been named, identified three men who were subsequently charged with second-degree kidnapping and third-degree assault
According to [a lawyer for one of them], the woman was “suffering from several mental health issues” and her family had brought her to the church to “get help.”
But just a few days earlier, a woman who was found bleeding from the head near the church reportedly showed police a room inside where she said she had been held captive and beaten; officers reported finding a bucket filled with feces and urine inside the room.
The woman, who has not been named, identified three men who were subsequently charged with second-degree kidnapping and third-degree assault
According to [a lawyer for one of them], the woman was “suffering from several mental health issues” and her family had brought her to the church to “get help.”