A teenager is killed and his brother is seriously hurt in a so-called "counselling session" aimed at getting them to confess sins.

A couple have been charged with fatally beating their 19-year-old son in an apparent "counselling session" at a church in central New York Bruce Leonard, 65, and 59-year-old Deborah Leonard are charged with first-degree manslaughter in the death of their son Lucas. Four other members of the Word of Life Church in New Hartford were charged with assault for the attack that also left Lucas' younger brother, Christopher, seriously injured. Authorities said the beatings were part of what parishioners referred to as a "counselling session". SHARE THIS POST