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Police Name New Suspect In Cult-Like Church Ring
May 22, 2005
UPDATED: 12:08 pm CDT May 23, 2005
PONCHATOULA, La. -- Authorities have gathered new evidence from the home of a former pastor accused of leading a church group in "cult-like" rituals involving the sexual abuse of children and animals.
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's spokeswoman Laura Covington said authorities seized cars belonging to three of the eight arrested suspects in the case and also searched the home of former Hosanna Church pastor Louis Lamonica on Friday night.
Also Sunday, authorities issued an arrest warrant for Trish Pierson, bringing the number of suspects to nine.
Covington said Pierson is the wife of Allen R. Pierson, a 46-year-old man who lived in an apartment on the church complex and has been accused of raping a girl who was nine or 10. Covington would not say what charges Trish Pierson was wanted on. Covington said detectives believed Trish Pierson was somewhere in the southwestern region of the country on Saturday.
Authorities have said more arrests are possible, and the details of the case have become increasingly graphic.
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said members of a Ponchatoula church carried out the practices for years as part of a devil-worshipping ritual involving cat blood.
Arrest Count Reaches 8 In Ponchatoula Church Sex Abuse Case
POSTED: 8:45 am CDT May 20, 2005
UPDATED: 3:40 pm CDT May 20, 2005
PONCHATOULA, La. -- An investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of children and animals by a "cult-like" group of church members in Ponchatoula continues with authorities now reporting eight arrests.
The eighth person arrested was identified as Lois Ann Mowbray, 54, of Ponchatoula, who was booked with obstruction of justice, failure to report a felony and accessory after the fact to aggravated rape.
Investigators said as many as a dozen adults from Hosanna Church may have been involved in victimizing as many as 24 children, ranging in age from infants to teens.
The case broke when former church pastor Louis Lamonica walked into the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office Monday and allegedly started talking about the crimes and his involvement and giving the names of others.
Lamonica was arrested and booked on two counts of aggravated rape and one count of crime against nature. His wife, Robbin, was booked late Thursday night on one count of aggravated rape.
Authorities acting on information provided by Lamonica arrested sheriff's Deputy Christopher Blair Labat on counts of aggravated rape and malfeasance.
Austin Bernard, who authorities said worked with the youth group at the church, was charged with allegedly forcing a girl under the age of 13 to perform a sex act. Bernard's wife, Nicole, was also arrested Thursday and charged with aggravated rape.
Allen Pierson, who lived in an apartment on the church complex, was accused of raping a girl who was 9 or 10. Another church member, Paul Fontenot, was also arrested and faces a charge of aggravated rape.
All are jailed without bond. Rape of a child under 13 carries a possible death sentence in Louisiana.
Police said more arrests are likely as the investigation continues.
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How SICK can you get? Another example of brainwashing by the church, indeed! YUCK! |
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