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From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com

Faith-healing Idaho woman claims religion forbid her from
reporting husband's sex abuse of kids

By Travis Gettys
Raw Story, rawstory.com
January 17, 2019

Sarah and Lester Kester

An Idaho woman faces a possible prison term for failing to
report her husband's sex abuse and instead praying and
trying to keep him too busy to molest children.

Sarah Kester was charged with felony injury to a child, and
her husband Lester Kester pleaded guilty in November to
molesting five children over two decades, reported the
Idaho Statesman.

The 48-year-old husband faces a possible life term when he
is sentenced next week on five counts of lewd conduct with
a child younger than 16 years old.

His 50-year-old wife entered an Alford plea, which does not
admit guilt but acknowledges prosecutors have enough
evidence to convict.

Sarah Kester told detectives she learned of the abuse about
17 years ago and was confronted by the victims about three
years ago.

Instead of notifying authorities, Sarah Kester said she
prayed for the "demon" to leave her husband and tried to
keep him busy with other tasks.

She told authorities her religion forbid her from involving
them in what she described as a personal matter.

The Kesters are members of the Followers of Christ Church,
a faith-healing sect in Canyon County that believes
pharmaceuticals are the product of Satan and children who
take medicine will be sent to hell.

Church members also avoid contact with law enforcement,
according to former followers.

Continues at:

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/faith-healing-idaho-woman-claims-religion-forbid-reporting-husbands-sex-abuse-kids/

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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