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...controversial California Deprogramming Specialist Ted Patrick, 52. Patrick, however, is forbidden to take on clients as a condition of probation on an earlier conviction related to deprogramming. So he referred them to Naomi Faye Goss, 25, of Cedar Bluff, an ex-Moonie he had deprogrammed just last year; James Roe, 25, of San Diego, a friend of his son's; and a second man identified only as Ray. On Goss's instructions, the couple sent a check for $8,000 to an address in San Diego...
...cabin, Stephanie Riethmiller testified, she was harangued by Goss from morning to night on the evils of homosexuality. On the first night, Riethmiller shared a bed with her mother, while Roe slept beside them on the floor. The second night was different, according to the young woman; her mother retired to an adjacent bedroom, whereupon Roe locked the door and raped her. This pattern allegedly continued for five more days and nights. At times, Riethmiller was manacled to Roe with a pair of handcuffs purchased by her mother. Her ordeal ended when the kidnapers learned that the police were closing...
...weeping Marita Riethmiller testified that "Stephanie and Roe spent a lot of time by themselves, and I saw them holding hands, but my daughter never said anything to me about a sexual relationship, and I was unaware of it." Roe's lawyer claimed that the daughter had been a willing sex partner...
...week's end, the jury found Patrick innocent of all charges, Goss not guilty of assault and Roe not guilty of either assault or sexual battery. The jury was split on whether Goss and Roe were guilty of abduction. A retrial of the two seems unlikely. Said Judge Gilbert Bettman: "The whole deprogramming situation is a very complex problem. There is a basic social conflict on what is right and wrong...
...sponsors of the Roe bill, who include such liberals as Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.), as well as conservatives such as Rep. Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), share the distrust for academics...