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Friday June 17, 2005

Hosanna Church:

June 24 grand jury date in cult sex case

AMITE -- The 21st Judicial District Attorney's Office still plans to call a grand jury on June 24 to seek indictments of the nine members of a Ponchatoula church allegedly involved in a child-sex ring, prosecutor Don Wall said Thursday.

Saturday June 11, 2005

Hosanna Church:

Investigation of cultlike church activities continues

Some say that child sexual abuse was related to devil worship

Saturday June 4, 2005

Hosanna Church:

Satanist paedophile ring ‘ritually raped up to 25 children’

In the cypress flats of Tangipahoa, a fervently religious area in the swamps north of New Orleans, local people still remember proudly how the Rev Louis Lamonica vowed to "take Tangipahoa parish for Jesus".

Friday June 3, 2005

Hosanna Church:

New arrest warrants signed in Ponchatoula child-sex case

New counts increase DA's options for prosecuting pastor, wife

Thursday June 2, 2005

Hosanna Church:

Defense attorney: Allegations won’t hold up in court

AMITE, La. (AP) — Seven of the suspects arrested in connection with an alleged church cult accused of performing sexual acts involving children and animals were booked on new charges Thursday afternoon.

Tuesday May 31, 2005

Hosanna Church:

The Devil’s Handiwork?

A church laid waste by its pastor's bizarre behavior.

Friday May 27, 2005

Hosanna Church:

FBI finishes dig at church suspected of housing cult

An FBI evidence team has wrapped up its search at a church where authorities suspect members engaged in cult-type activities involving the sexual abuse of children and animals.

Thursday May 26, 2005

Hosanna Church:

Witnesses speak of cult-like activities at Hosanna

People dressed in black clothing stood inside pentagrams and performed blood rituals at the Hosanna Church, according to information coming from an investigation by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office.

Wednesday May 25, 2005

Hosanna Church:

Police: Witnesses talk of black clothing, blood rituals

Authorities are investigating reports that people dressed in black clothing stood inside pentagrams and performed blood rituals involving the sexual abuse of children and animals at a now-closed church.

Hosanna Church:

Sex Charges Follow a Church’s Collapse

PONCHATOULA, La., May 24 - Two decades ago, Hosanna Church was one of the fastest growing congregations in the cypress flats of Tangipahoa Parish on Lake Pontchartrain's northwest rim, and its pastor, Louis Lamonica, was a beloved figure.

Hosanna Church:

Cult suspect booked; FBI digs at church

PONCHATOULA -- Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies worked to bring two alleged cult members to jail in Amite on Tuesday while the Federal Bureau of Investigation dug up the grounds at the Hosanna Church in Ponchatoula looking for more evidence.

Hosanna Church:

Alleged cult member arrested, another to be returned

HAMMOND, La. (AP) — Police have arrested the last person named so far in warrants accusing them of being part of a cult which had sex with children and animals, but a dozen or more additional people could be involved, authorities say.

Tuesday May 24, 2005

Hosanna Church:

Warrant issued for 9th cult suspect

Trish Pierson wanted in connection with alleged Ponchatoula sex ring

Sunday May 22, 2005

Hosanna Church:

Probe ongoing in alleged ‘cult’ sexual abuse

PONCHATOULA -- Authorities gathered new evidence from the home of a former pastor accused of leading a church group in "cultlike" rituals involving the sexual abuse of children and animals.

Hosanna Church:

Allegations pour salt in family’s wounds

HAMMOND -- As a boy, family members recalled, Louis David Lamonica never cursed or smoked. He was called to serve the Lord, said his sister Liz Lamonica Roberts on Friday, and he wanted to be a preacher just like his daddy.

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