Paige Williams
There’s no trial date scheduled for the four women charged in connection with alleged child abuse at the First United Methodist Church daycare after arraignment was held Wednesday for the former pastor and daycare director who were recently re-indicted for new charges.
Superseding indictments for eight counts each of complicity to criminal child abuse against children under the age 12 were returned Friday against Reverend Paige Williams and former daycare director Abby Leach. They were both previously charged with only one count of complicity to child abuse.
The indictments allege they “breached their legal duty to protect the minor children by failing to prevent Alison Simpson and Nina Cook from intentionally abusing” children. In each count, the victim is described as being under the age of 13 months old.