ALABAMA
AL.com
By The Associated Press
on January 18, 2017
Three people have been convicted on child abuse charges linked to a private church school on the Alabama coast.
A statement sent by twitter from Mobile County prosecutors Wednesday says 55-year-old Pastor John Young was convicted on five counts of aggravated child abuse related to the Saving Youth Academy, which was also called Restoration Youth Academy.
“A lot of us didn’t make it to freedom.”
Forty-eight-year-old William Knott and 42-year-old Aleshia Moffett were convicted on three counts each. Sentencing for all three is scheduled for Feb. 22.
Authorities say they three were linked to a Christian, boot camp-style residential school for troubled young people.
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