FOUR HOME SCHOOLED BROTHERS PLEAD GUILTY TO MOLESTING YOUNG SISTER FOR DECADE

Sky Valley Chronicle
May 25, 2015

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(NATIONAL) -- Four home schooled brothers pleaded guilty Thursday to molesting their younger sister from the time she was 4 years old until she was almost 15.

Their parents and two other brothers still face charges related to the case, according to North Carolina's WAVY-TV and local published reports.

The oldest brother confessed about what had been going on for years in December 2012 to a local pastor. That pastor, from the Baptist church in Wake Forest, North Carolina, contacted authorities the following day.

Eric Jackson, then 25, told police that he and all five of his brothers had sexually abused their younger sister for a decade, and authorities allege their parents knew but did nothing to stop the abuse.

Eight of the family’s 11 members have been indicted in the case, which reportedly has some similarities to newly revealed claims that reality TV stars Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar may have covered up their eldest son’s molestation of his sisters and other girls.

The victim in the Jackson case told police she thought she would go to hell if she told anyone about the assaults, which she said took place at least twice a week.

The parents, John and Nita Jackson, were charged with child neglect, child abuse, and accessory to sexual abuse and are currently in jail. Their next court hearing in August.

The victim told police her mother had witnessed at least one assault and just walked away without intervening to help her daughter.

After the oldest brother, who allegedly was the first to abuse his sister, contacted authorities, the parents fled with the victim to Colorado.

The family was eventually located and the girl was taken into protective custody and confirmed the confessed claims of her brothers about the decade long abuse.