Members of New Hartford, NY church arrested - allegedly beat teen to death
CNN story hereA counseling session on the spiritual state of two brothers turned physical at Word of Life Christian Church in New Hartford, New York, resulting in the death of a young man and serious injuries to his brother, New Hartford Police Chief Michael Inserra said Wednesday.
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after the Sauqouit and Chadwicks districts merged. To the left, the building is shrouded by tall, dense trees. To the right, there’s a gate that neighbors say they’ve never seen open. “When they first took over the building, they would post Mass schedules so people knew when there were services,” Brown said. “Now, it’s not like just anyone could go to church there. … It’s kind of been the running joke that there’s a cult there” ...
Neighbors skeptical about Word of Life church
By Alissa Scott
Posted Oct. 14, 2015 at 12:01 AM
Updated at 8:01 AM
... Neighbors said Tuesday the church has come across as mysterious and suspicious for many years, though they'd never been inside. One woman said she most often only sees church members at night, sometimes at 3 a.m., and she hears chants emanating from the building. She also said she .. rarely sees women. Men in the church wear what she described as "long, black trenchcoats" but said other members she saw wore "normal" clothing. The neighbor had lived in the area for more than 10 years, and she remembers church members buying her groceries and inviting her to the church ... "They would always be trying to get us to join the church, but then we said no and then they completely stopped talking," she said ...
Neighbors describe odd happenings at New Hartford Church where teen fatally assaulted
By Patrick Lohmann
on October 13, 2015 at 5:55 PM
updated October 14, 2015 at 10:56 AM
... Neighbors say they never saw much activity at the church and only heard dogs barking. "The whole time I lived in this area, I thought it was abandoned," Stephanie Coffin, a neighbor, said. Many people say members kept to themselves and hardly ever spoke to outsiders. In fact, some neighbors went so far as to say they can not believe anyone was even inside the building ...
Brothers assaulted at Word of Life Church were being "punished"
BY CNY CENTRAL
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH 2015
