NORTH CAROLINA
News & Record
AP
RUTHERFORDTON — It has been nearly 4½ years since Matthew Fenner said he was beaten in a church sanctuary by a group of congregants hell-bent on expelling his “homosexual demons.”
After countless twists and turns, the long-delayed, high-profile case finally appears ready to move forward in North Carolina Superior Court.
Jury selection could begin today for the first of five Word of Faith Fellowship members charged in the attack. Each defendant will be tried separately.
The first defendant, longtime minister Brooke Covington, 58, has pleaded innocent to one count each of kidnapping and assault. If convicted, she faces up to two years in prison.
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