Two TN Pastors Indicted For “Child Abuse By Torture”

Memphis’s NBC News affiliate reports:

Two pastors and a child’s mother were indicted on charges of child abuse years after it was reported. The alleged abuse was reported in October 2018.

At the time, the then-8-year-old girl was taken to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and examined. The results found severe bruising and swelling as well as scars and whip marks. The girl told hospital staff she hadn’t eaten in four days.

She also said she was beaten with a belt and switches by her mother as well as Apostle Calvin Dixon and Pastor Tori Dixon. Doctors told police the injuries were from “child abuse by torture“ and said the girl had lost 28 pounds in 11 months.

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Doctors told police the injuries were from child abuse by torture and said the girl had lost 28 pounds in 11 months.
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