7 in House of Judah Get Prison Terms for Enslaving Children
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — House of Judah founder William A. Lewis and six followers were sentenced to prison Friday for enslaving children at the sect’s former southwest Michigan camp.
U.S. District Judge Douglas Hillman sentenced Lewis, 63, a self-proclaimed prophet, and sect leaders Larry Branson, Robert McGee and Theodore Jones Sr. to serve three years in prison for conspiring to enslave children with threats, beatings and other physical and emotional abuse.
The sect leader’s son, William L. Lewis, and Eddie Green Jr. were sentenced to two-year terms, and sect “prophetess” Muriel King was ordered to serve four months.
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