Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Nov. 13 trial date set in McDonald County cult case


A Nov. 13 trial date has been scheduled in McDonald County Circuit Court for Raymond Lambert, pastor of the Grand Valley Independent Baptist Church and his wife, Patty. Raymond Lambert is charged with four counts of child molestation and four counts of statutory sodomy in connection with what authorities describe as ritual sex acts with children.
Mrs. Lambert faces one charge statutory sodomy.
A pre-trial conference is scheduled for Sept. 18, according to court records.
Mrs. Lambert's brother (and Lambert's stepbrother) Paul Epling has an Aug. 27 trial date set on a charge of rape, while Laura Epling, the wife of Paul Epling's brother Tom, is scheduled to stand trial Oct. 9 on a statutory sodomy charge.

Considerable background on these cases can be found in the Dec. 14 Turner Report and the Dec. 15 Turner Report.

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