PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Newsworks
January 27, 2012
By Vanessa Martinez for NewsWorks
(Warning: This story includes graphic details of alleged sexual crimes.)
Three young women took to a Criminal Justice Center witness stand on Thursday to divulge the details of a darkened childhood.
Courtney Wilson, the 56-year-old former church deacon at the Remnant Church of God 7th Day on Ogontz Avenue, has been charged with two counts of rape, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, two counts of statutory sexual assault and a series of other charges.
In December, five women reported Wilson to the police, alleging sexual abuse that occurred repeatedly between 1997 and 2005 when they were minors. The women, now in their 20s, were affiliated with the church, located at 7708 Ogontz Ave., during the alleged abuse.
His preliminary hearing on those charges was held Thursday.
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