Parents Charged With Killing Son At Chadwicks Church; 4 Other Church Members Arrested

[Momzilla]

If I read this mother being described as 'too sweet & timid to help her children" one more time-- I'm gonna go ham! "Too timid" is a reason not to become a lion tamer-- when it comes to protecting your children, your precious sons, "timid" does not exist! Fuck her, Fuck dad & Fuck the whole group of holy rollers who decided they were gonna play God that day!

 

[hotcnymom]

with murder in fatal beating case
By WKTV Nov. 24, 2015

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UTICA, NY - Three Word of Life Church members, including the pastor, were indicted on multiple charges.

Word of Life Church Pastor Tiffanie Irwin indicted on murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, and gang assault charges. Irwin pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Word of Life Church member (Tiffanie's mother) Traci Irwin, 49, is also indicted on murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, assault, gang assault charges. Not guilty plea was entered on her behalf.


Daniel Irwin, 24, was charged with murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, assault, gang assault charges. He is currently unrepresented. No bail was set.

Joseph Irwin is also charged with the murder of victim Lucas Leonard. No bail was set.

The full indictment is available in the documents tab above.

- See more at: http://www.wktv.com/news/Indictment..._fatal_beating_case.html#sthash.Wt3tVs2A.dpuf

 

[lithiumgirl]

I'm on the God squad...Jesus freaks scare me!

 

[Momzilla]

Glad to see that the charges (and there are 13 for each defendant!) include "gang assault"- because that's what these monsters really are- a depraved gang of psychos hiding behind the facade of 'doing gods will'!

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

Pastor and three others guitly in church beating that killed teen http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3860530/Pastor-3-guilty-church-beating-killed-teen.html

Word of Life Christian Church Pastor Tiffanie Irwin pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault on Friday
•Her brother Joseph Irwin and mother and son church members Linda and David Morey each pleaded guilty to assault
•They were the last of nine people charged to be convicted in the October 2015 attack

 

[cubby]

Police have said there was no evidence to support a claim by their half-sister, Sarah Ferguson, that they had molested her children.

Ferguson was convicted of manslaughter and assault after a non-jury trial in July.

The only defendant to decline a plea deal, she was sentenced last month to 25 years in prison.

The victims' parents, Deborah and Bruce Leonard, pleaded guilty to assault.

The church's matriarch, Traci Irwin, and her son Daniel Irwin, a deacon, admitted to counts of unlawful imprisonment.

Sentencings are scheduled for December and January.

from @Muriel Schwenck's link.

 

[thatsmallgrl]

The pastor of Word of Life church, where two teens were severely beaten during a “counseling session” last year, was sentenced on Monday in Oneida County Court, along with her brother.

Pastor Tiffanie Irwin, 30, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in October, was sentenced on Monday to 12 years in state prison.

Before being sentenced, Irwin asked to withdraw her guilty plea and have her case go to trial, saying she was coerced into accepting the plea.

Tiffanie Irwin, Joseph Irwin, David Morey and Linda Morey all pleaded guilty to their crimes in October. According to the prosecution's offer, if one or more had rejected their plea offers, all four would have had to head to trial.

Tiffanie Irwin asked Judge Dwyer in court on Monday to step aside so that she could have a fair trial. She said Dwyer had not been a fair and impartial judge. Dwyer denied her request and sentenced her to the agreed upon 12 years in prison.

Tiffanie’s brother, Joseph Irwin, 23, was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the beating. In October he pleaded guilty to one count of gang assault in the death of Lucas Leonard and one count of assault in the beating of Christopher Leonard, which carry sentences of five years and eight years to be served concurrently.

The more defendants - 55-year-old Linda Morey and her 27-year-old son, David Morey - will be sentenced Jan. 9. They both pleaded guilty to two counts of second degree assault and are expected to be sentenced to an agreed upon five years in state prison.

The boys' parents, Bruce and Deborah Leonard, will both be sentenced Jan. 12.

http://wktv.web.franklyinc.com/story/34096672/pastor-brother-sentenced-for-word-of-life-beatings

Another defendant in the Word of Life church beating case was sentenced in Oneida County Court Friday morning.

Daniel Irwin, who previously plead guilty to two counts of unlawful imprisonment, was sentenced to two years in jail.

http://wktv.web.franklyinc.com/stor...nt-daniel-irwin-sentenced-for-role-in-beating

 

[McDanel]

Not enough time for any of them.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

Not enough time for any of them.

I agree.
I judicial system sucks.

 

[rarely]

bet they'll have a bigger following inside...

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A mother and son who helped beat a teen to death at Word of Life Christian Church in 2015 were released from prison Thursday, according to the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Services.

Linda Morey, 58, and David Morey, 30, each were sentenced to five years in prison for their roles in the beating death of Lucas Leonard, 19, at the church in New Hartford. They got out earlier on parole.

Christopher Leonard, then 17 and Lucas Leonard’s brother, was severely beaten.

The Leonards’ mother, Deborah Leonard, 63, was convicted for her role in the beating. She was released from prison in January. Their father, Bruce Leonard, 69, remains in prison.

The Leonard brothers were beaten by their family and other Word of Life members inside the sanctuary of church south of Utica.

They were attacked by the group -- including his parents and his half-sister -- in a beating prosecutors said was spurred on by church leader Tiffanie Irwin.

Lucas Leonard and his brother, Christopher Leonard, were called into the church’s sanctuary after they were accused of molesting children. They were beaten by the group. Their half-sister, Sarah Ferguson, flogged her brothers’ genital areas.

Deborah Leonard whipped her two sons during the beatings, according to testimony at her trial.

Lucas Leonard died hours later. Authorities have said there was no evidence the brothers molested children.

• Sarah Ferguson, was sentenced to serve up to 25 years after she was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter and other charges. She is currently in the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. She’ll be up for parole in 2037.
• Bruce Leonard, 69, the father of the Leonard brothers, was sentenced to serve up to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and second-degree assault. He is currently in the Clinton Correctional Facility. He’ll be up for parole in 2024.
• Tiffanie Irwin, 34, pastor of the New Hartford-area church was sentenced to serve up to 12 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault. She currently in the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. She’ll be up for parole in 2026.
• Joseph Irwin, Tiffanie Irwin’s 26-year-old brother, was sentenced to serve up to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to first-degree gang assault and second-degree assault. He’s currently in the Attica Correctional Facility. He’ll be up for parole 2022.
• Daniel Irwin, then 25, was expected to serve two years in county jail after he pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree unlawful imprisonment. He is not listed in custody.
• Traci Irwin, then 50, was expected to serve two years in county jail after she pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree unlawful imprisonment. She is not listed in custody.

Mother, son who helped beat teen to death at Word of Life church get out of prison

Linda Morey, 58, and David Morey, 30, were released after serving just more than three years.

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