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An Ohio couple and two of their sons are charged in a sexual abuse case.
Robert Bellar, 54, his wife
Deborah Bellar, 49, and their children
Jonathan Levi Bellar, 26, and
Josiah Bellar, 24, are all in custody.
Allegations originated from the couple’s daughter
Serah Bellar. She described a bizarre home life in which her parents brought the kids to a church run by her uncle, who preached that siblings are supposed to have children with one another to repopulate the planet amid the apocalypse, she said. Bellar escaped in April 2020, when she was 16.
“All the kids would have to go, whether they wanted to or not even if you were sick, you had to go, it didn’t matter,” she said, according to
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An Athens County sheriff s deputy was arrested on Friday in connection to a sexual abuse case involving the family of a previously missing teen, prosecutors said.
Jimmy Childs, 52, is facing felony charges of tampering with evidence and obstruction of justice, according to a release from the Athens County Prosecutor s Office.
The alleged incidents occurred between May 18 and May 21, following last week s indictments of Robert, Deborah, Jonathan and Josiah Bellar on charges related to ongoing sexual abuse of children in the household, officials said. Childs is accused of deleting a record of a phone call with Robert Bellar during the execution of a search warrant, not informing any supervisor of the telephone call until after his phone was seized, deleting Robert Bellar’s contact from his phone and making a false statement during the investigation, the release states.
Ohio parents of 19 children are charged with incest after daughter escaped and reported how she she was told at uncle s church: You must reproduce with your siblings to prepare for end of the world
Robert Bellar, 54 and his wife Deborah Bellar, 49, face charges in connection with an ongoing sexual abuse investigation concerning their children
Two of their sons Jonathan Levi Bellar, 26, and Josiah Bellar, 24, are also charged
That came after one of Robert and Deborah s daughters, Serah Bellar, said she was forced to attend a cult church run by her uncle, James Bellar
Serah had been missing since April last year after escaping the alleged abuse
Four members of the Bellar family are currently faces charges.
Credit: Athens County Prosecutor s Office Author: 10TV Web Staff Updated: 1:43 PM EDT May 21, 2021
A father and son appeared in court Friday on separate indictments related to the alleged ongoing sexual abuse of children in Athens County.
Robert Bellar, 54, is charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity and two counts of endangering children. His son, 26-year-old Jonathan Bellar, is charged with gross sexual imposition.
Both pleaded not guilty and Robert was given a $1 million bond while Jonathan’s bond was set at $100,000.
Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn said the sexual abuse investigation started when a now 18-year-old woman, who is alleged to be one of the victims, posted online about several allegations, including sexual assault.