Paige Williams and Abby Leach
The attorneys for a former pastor and a former daycare worker indicted last week on additional charges of child abuse that allegedly occurred at the First United Methodist Church daycare appeared virtually in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday morning for an arraignment.
A grand jury returned superseding indictments last Friday for the former pastor at the church, Paige Williams, and former daycare employee Abby Leach, charging them with eight counts of first-degree complicity of criminal abuse of a child 12 or under. They were previously indicted in August 2019 on one count of first-degree complicity of criminal abuse of a child under 12.
Gloucester philanthropist launches line of organic CBD products
dailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gloucester philanthropist launches line of organic CBD products
pilotonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pilotonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Superseding indictments were returned against former First United Methodist Reverend Paige Williams and former daycare director Abby Leach they were both previously charged with only one county of complicity to child abuse, but now they’re indicted on eight counts each of complicity to criminal child abuse against children under the age 12. The indictments allege they “breached their legal duty to protect the minor children by failing to prevent Alison Simpson and or Nina Cook from intentionally abusing” those children. In each count, the victim is described as being under the age of 13 months old.
All of the counts allege Simpson placed the victims “in a situation that may cause serious physical injury, causing torture, cruel confinement or cruel punishment.” A fourth suspect, former daycare worker Nina Morgan, is charged with two-counts of criminal child abuse.