Five members of Jehovah's Witness congregations in Pennsylvania have been charged with sexually abusing and exploiting minors following a Grand Jury investigation.
Three of the suspects are from western Pennsylvania.
Marc Brown of Allegheny County, Raymond Shultz of Beaver County and Kevin Isovitch of Butler County have all been arrested.
They're each accused of sexually abusing young girls, many of them relatives. Acting Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the charges on Tuesday.
“Some of these defendants even used their faith communities to prey upon the victims and others had to look no further than their own families,” said Henry. “The details of these crimes are hard to listen to.”
The arrests follow charges filed against four other members of Jehova’s Witness congregations in Pennsylvania last year.