Church leader arrested on 31 sex and assault charges

By Denis Langlois
Canoe
April 14, 2014

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2014/04/13/21601051.html

OWEN SOUND, Ont. -- The leader of a Chatsworth, Ont.-area church who disappeared two years ago amid allegations of physical and sexual abuse was arrested on the weekend, police said.

Frederick Madison King, 55, was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after OPP announced 31 charges last week against him and his brother, Judson William King, following a 16-month investigation

OPP were tipped late Friday that Frederick King was at a Hamilton, Ont., hotel, Sgt. Dave Rektor said. King was arrested without incident, Rektor said in a statement.

King is scheduled to appear in court Monday in Owen Sound.

King had disappeared in 2012, just after allegations of physical and sexual assault against him were made by members of the Church of Jesus Christ Restored and police began investigating.

In late 2012, the "cult-like" church was thrust into the public spotlight when Owen Sound resident Carol Christie alleged in media interviews she spent close to 40 years under the brainwashed control of Stan King, who died in 1986, and another church leader.

Her story involved claims of polygamy, historical sexual abuse and missed police opportunities to uncover it. She wrote a book with her husband, John Christie, about her experience, called Property: The True Story of a Polygamous Church Wife.

None of the allegations have been proved in court.

Frederick King is charged with one count of sexual exploitation and sexual interference, three counts of sexual assault, three counts of assault causing bodily harm, five counts of uttering death threats, two counts of assault with a weapon and 10 counts of assault

Judson King of Oakville, Ont., is charged with assault with a weapon, uttering death threats and four counts of assault. He was arrested April 4 and released on a promise to appear in court.

He is to appear in court in Owen Sound on May 15 to answer to the charges.