A North Carolina family have been charged over claims that six brothers sexually abused a girl for nearly a decade, while their parents failed to intervene.
The
abuse, which allegedly started when the girl was four years old, came
to light after one of the brothers confessed to a pastor in 2012 that he
had sinned.
During the
years of the alleged abuse, which continued until the victim was 14,
the family lived in a dilapidated house in Perquimans County, where
neighbors say they kept to themselves.
Nita
Jackson, 54, and her husband John, 65, are facing charges of felony
child neglect and have been released on a $15,000 bond each.
Eric
Jackson, who is now 27, was charged with three counts rape of a child,
three counts of statutory rape of a child less than six years old and
three counts of sex offense.
Jon
Jackson, 25, has been charged with first degree sex offense; Mathew
Jackson, 23, was charged with five counts of rape of a child; and
Nathaniel Jackson, 21, was charged with two counts of first degree
sexual offense and three counts of statutory rape.
The younger brothers, Benjamin and Aaron Jackson, both 19, have each been charged with three counts statutory rape.
'Personally, I lay the blame on the
parents, and their charges are less than what the boys are going to
get,' Sheriff Eric Tilley told WKTR.
'It’s their responsibilities to raise
those kids and somewhere along the line, they failed.'
He
added that one of the brothers had confessed to a pastor in 2012, who
advised him to contact police. When police first tried to interview the
victim, the couple allegedly prevented her from talking.
'How many people are going to walk into a
law enforcement office and say "I had sex with [a child]?" It just
doesn’t happen.
'These kids, they do have a belief
in the Bible. They knew it was wrong and they had to get it out.'
Sheriff Tilley said.
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