CANADA
Toronto Sun
OWEN SOUND, Ont. – Alleged polygamist Fred King, the longtime leader of a cult-like church in Ontario and known to his followers as “The Prophet,” pleaded guilty to a string charges in court Tuesday.
In an agreed statement of facts, 57-year-old King admitted to spitting on people, kicking, punching or slapping church members and making some of them strip in front of the rest of the congregation.
Sixteen other charges — including sexual assault, sexual interference, and uttering death threats — were withdrawn.
The charges date back to his time as leader of the Church of Jesus Christ Restored in Chatsworth, Ont. from 1978 to 2008.
King was alleged to have had several wives, who were handed down from his father, Stan King, who led the church before him.
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