A Pennsylvania grand jury charged another five Jehovah's Witnesses with sexually abusing children as young as 4 years old Friday. It is part of a probe into sexual abuse in the church.
announced the charges at a news conference Friday. The five suspects charged included: Shaun Sheffer, 45; David Balosa, 62; Errol William Hall, 50; Terry Booth, 57; and Luis Ayala-Velasquez, 55.
According to Henry, one victim said that she was raped 50 or more times between the ages of 7 and 12. The church member who assaulted her was between 18 and 23 years old at the time. Other allegations include inappropriate touching and grooming. Some of the assaults took place when a child's family took a perpetrator into their home.
Church spokesperson Jarrod Lopes told the Associated Press that the church was sickened by the news of sexual abuse, but could not comment on the new charges.
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