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	More Charges Filed in Webster County Sexual Abuse Inves... By Jeremy Stevens Ozarks First November 3, 2009 http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=201981 [with video] More charges have been filed in a sexual abuse investigation in Webster County. Four Amish church leaders face misdemeanor charges for not reporting allegations of sexual crimes by one of their members. It claims Fannie Schwartz, Johnny's Wife told these men about her husband having sexual relations with two people under that age of 17. This was supposedly happening between 2000 and 2007. Instead of calling deputies, they shunned Schwartz. But court documents show the abuse continued. Today, the Webster County Prosecutor filed charges. One count each against Jacob Schwartz, Emmanual Eicher, and Peter Eicher for failing to report a sexual crime against a child under 17. And two counts against Christian Schwartz as a minister failing to report a sexual crime against a child. The Webster County Sheriff says he hopes this will create some understanding of the law. "If it happens again do I think they'll report it, I don't know. I don't know. I mean it's hard to speak for 60 different people and I think it would depend on how it happened. I think it would depend on who it happened to. I think there are so many factors involved in trying to determine what they would do. I don't know," said Sheriff Roye Cole. A court date has yet to be determined for these charges.
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