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Little bit more about what happened inside and tell us about your experience? >> i have no comment. >> outside court, irwin would not comment about his testimony. nothing about the motive nor the beating nor about allegations the counseling session was ordered because leonard wanted to leave the church. the lendonards are facing manslaughter charges in the death of their son. four others are facing assault charges. all have pled not guilty. police say they have not concluded why the session turned violent. bruce leonard allegedly told investigators his sons may have molested children, who belo...

Bothparents admitted to striking their son. what was the motive for the brutal and deadly beating during that counseling session? >> did not testify -- >> manslaughter in the first-degree. >> instead, they sat and listened to damaging testimony about what allegedly happened in that church counseling session. in the end, their 19-year-old son lucas was dead. their 17-year-old son christopher left in serious condition. daniel irwin, a deacon at the word of life christian church. he saw bruce leonard strike both of the boys inside the church's sanctuary. he said, leonard hit his son lucas several...

Condition. daniel irwin, a deacon at the word of life christian church told the court he saw bruce leonard strike both of the boys inside the church's sanctuary and said leonard hit his son lucas several times. i heard the sound of a strike, stop, then it started again. irwin told the court he saw lucas was bleeding from his leg, moaning and rolling back and forth on the floor and irwin said he saw leonard strike his younger son christopher five or six times with something that looked like a belt and the beating went on for 14 hours starting around 8:00 sunday night and lasting until 10:00 a.m...

Took part in the beginning, but that other church members held the brothers down while the beating took place. >> i have indicated before and i will continue to indicate that we are looking at other charges and if other people should be charged, we will present that evidence to a grand jury. >> wow. jason carroll with me now. >> a tough story. >> these are their children! >> it really is a tough story, especially when you consider the length and the severity of the beating that took place here. and i think what's interesting is, what you heard the d.a. say there. that is about others possibly ...

Lucas, several times. i heard the sound of a strike, stop, then it started again. irwin also told the court, he saw lucas was bleeding from his leg, moaning, and rolling back and forth on the floor. irwin then said he also saw leonard strike his younger son, christopher, five or six times, with something that looked like a belt. he recalled the beating went on for 14 hours, starting around 8:00, sunday night, and lasting the until 10:00 a.m. the next morning. when asked why the beating finally stopped, irwin said, because luke was dead at that point. he said several church members, including l...