P. v. Labrecque
The children of defendant Joseph LaBrecque were born into a dismal existence defined by social isolation and ritualized sexual abuse carried out by their father, a self-proclaimed patriarch of a religious cult. Defendant engaged in countless sexual acts with his young daughters to satisfy his own depraved urges and to prepare them for their presentation, a series of three sexual acts the children were required to successfully perform on Allen Harrod, the head patriarch of the cult. Because the LaBrecque family lived in Texas, and the Harrod family lived in California, defendant sent his daughters across state lines to perform the sexual acts on Harrod.
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