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The mom of a 17-year-old woman who died from extreme abuse by church members stated she was “grateful” to the perpetrators, reiterating that she didn’t need them to be punished.
The 52-year-old lady testified in a courtroom listening to held at Incheon District Courtroom on Monday and said that there was no coercion from the defendants for the kid to be despatched to the church.
A 52-year-old chief of an Incheon church choir and two different members are at present being tried on allegations of kid abuse leading to dying, and the mom has additionally been indicted for baby negligence.
“I’m grateful for (the defendants) taking care (of the kid) in ways in which I couldn’t,” the mom stated. She had been involved about sending the sufferer — who had bipolar dysfunction — to a psychological facility after listening to from different church members of the opportunity of sexual abuse.
In an investigation main as much as the trial, the mom had instructed the prosecutors that the church choir chief had provided to take the sufferer in. However the mom switched her place throughout her testimony, saying she didn’t recall such a proposal.
The subsequent listening to is slated for 10 a.m. Wednesday.
In a surprising revelation made earlier this yr, the teenage woman was discovered to have been topic to extreme abuse whereas residing on the church for 3 months main as much as her dying on Might 15. The prosecution’s report confirmed that the choir chief had instructed the opposite two defendants to “break” the woman if she didn’t adjust to their directions.
Regardless of the sufferer’s repeated pleas to be despatched to a well being facility as an alternative, she was bodily abused and restrained when she confirmed signs of bipolar dysfunction. When cops discovered her physique, she had each arms sure and was coated in bruises.
