Allen Harrod is Lord?
• Absurd Inurbane Witless
The couple - Michael and Juliette La Brecque, ages 44 and 45, respectively - followed the teachings of Allen Harrod, a California man who claimed to have established his own fundamentalist religion, according to an FBI agent. Three times, authorities allege, the La Brecques flew teenage girls to California, knowing Harrod intended to abuse them.
"Harrod's self-proclaimed "religious" teachings proselytized the sexual abuse of children as a means of promoting sexual maturation, from childhood to adulthood," said FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Rinek.
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A judge on Wednesday temporarily suspended the molestation case against Allen Harrod, a self-proclaimed religious prophet accused of ritualistically abusing his own children over more than two decades, after Harrod's own attorney questioned his sanity and competence to stand trial.
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Gary Ransom ordered two psychiatrists to examine Harrod, 56, and report back to the court by Sept. 4, four days before his trial is scheduled to begin. If the reports are not ready, Ransom could suspend the trial date.
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Harrod, with long white hair and a bushy beard was referred to as "Lord" by some of his followers, authorities said.