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GIRLS’S FATHER TESTIFIES AGAINST “URBAN MONK” ACCUSED OF SEX ABUSE
July 8, 2020
Barton Deiters
Wood TV
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Christian artist who lived a life of celibacy and described himself as an “urban monk” is headed to trial on a second set of charges that he sexually molested a child.
James Treadwell was in a Kent County courtroom Wednesday as a father told a judge about how he watched as his 8-year-old daughter was victimized.
Because the alleged victim is a child, News 8 is not using the name of the father.
He told a tale of a predator who insinuated himself into the family’s life, became