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United States: Another case of someone who used the Bible to justify their abuse of children being jailed.
Robert "Bobby" Hale, the Scripture-quoting "Papa Pilgrim" who used the Bible to pound subservience into his 15 children, went before a judge in Alaska last month, looking old and frail beyond his 66 years as he learned his punishment -- 14 years behind bars -- for sexually assaulting one of his daughters.
The strange story of 'Papa Pilgrim'—Star-Telegram, 9th December 2007.
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