We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. I don't know if parole has ever been granted, but the prison staff always spoke very highly of Thriault. His third murder was one his concubines, Solange Boilard, who complained of an upset stomach. Roch Thriault was sentenced to two years less a day in prison, and three years probation, on each of two charges, to be served concurrently. He used the ninety-four percent ethanol solution to do more than sterilize the razor, though; he also poured some into a rubber bulb, which he squeezed into Samuel's mouth for use as an anaesthetic. Theriault continues to cast a spell over some of his followers, and conjugal visits with three remaining wives have allowed him to father a number of children while in prison. Roch Theriault was the leader of the doomsday cult dubbed the Ant Hill Kids, Roch with his Ant Hill kids, who looked like a hippy commune to the outside world, Roch originally wanted the cult to be a place where people could be treated as equals - but it soon took a sinister turn, While Roch lazed, his cult worked like ants, which earned them their nickname, Roch married every female member of the cult and fathered more than 20 children with his wives, The Ant HIll Kids moved for a second time, this time to Burnt River in Ontario, Roch, surrounded by the women of the cult, who all became his wives, None of his cult members questioned his demands, even when he forced them to break their own legs, Roch's chilling reign of abuse included child abuse and murder, By the end of his reign, Roch even believed he could bring people back from the dead. When Boilard did not return to life, her corpse was buried a short distance from the Ant Hill Kids' commune. In 2000, Thriault was transferred to Dorchester Penitentiary, a medium-security prison in Dorchester, New Brunswick. Retrieved March 2013, from, Kovalchik, K. (2010, February 16). For six months, everything went smoothly for the commune. He was released from the hospital early, judged fit to stand trial for obstruction of justice, and given a one-year suspended sentence. After a new member of the cult, an escapee from a mental hospital, beat a child at the compound, Theriault performed surgery on the child. He also moved his family back to Thetford Mines and began developing his skills with woodworking. At the end of the nine-month trial, during which the commune members moved to the town of New Carlisle, where the trial was held, all parties were found guilty of all charges. By 1977 he had amassed to himself a number of followers: Solange Boilard (21) Then in 1984 the Ant Hill Kids moved for the second time. Younger followers were also not safe children were held over fires, nailed to trees and sexually assaulted. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Victoria County, however, had different ideas about welfare than they had in Qubec. This made her feel worse. One member was killed by Theriault, who used a meat cleaver to remove eight teeth from her face and hand. He beat Nicole, three months pregnant, causing her to miscarry. But as Rock became less desperate to survive, he became increasingly bored. Lavalle's report allowed further investigation into Thriault's actions, exposing the wider abuses at the communes and Solange Boilard's murder. But unable to live unless she was under Theriault's spell, she soon returned. Jacques Gigure and Claude Ouellette received six months in prison and three years probation for child abandonment. Roch-Sylvain said that although he understands how people could rejoice at the demise of his father, "I never wanted it to end this way.". This was to be their home until God began his thousand-year reign on Earth. Veer, who had stayed quiet through the whole evening, was obviously not keen to the idea, but Thriault actually talked him into it. In February 1979, when the apocalypse did not occur, people started questioning Thriault's wisdom, but he defended himself saying that time on Earth and in God's world were not parallel, and that therefore it was a miscalculation. When two police officers showed up at the compound, however, Thriault repelled them. 1988 (November 5): Theriault extracted eight of Gabrielle Lavalle's teeth to punish her for low pastry sales. He also started drinking again after two years sober first communion wine, then beer and cognac. [1] Thriault's followers, including 12 adults and 22 children, lived under his totalitarian rule at the commune and were subject to severe physical and sexual abuse. Death Roch Thriault was found dead in his cell, February 26, 2011, at Dorchester Penitentiary, in New Brunswick. I wish to be a true servant to you, my Master. Allegedly, baby Samuel's head was flopping around on his neck, and his penis had swelled up. She had talked about having a stomach ache. On January 31, 1985, a police officer caught Jacques Gigure shoplifting. It is this fault which causes my plumpness. They worked in their tunics, and when tripping over these became inconvenient and dangerous, Roch commissioned new uniforms: dark blue wrap-around short shrifts. It was first established in two Quebec towns, Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce and. So the group began selling fruit, and later pastry. 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Between Mass and his father's forced door-to-door White Beret literature distribution campaigns, Roch developed an abiding hatred for Catholicism in particular and organized religion in general. A woman called Gabrielle had endured her private parts burned, eight of her teeth knocked out and part of her breasts hacked away when she escaped the commune. Finally Gabrielle, who had already had her private parts burned, eight of her teeth removed and part of her breasts sliced off, fled. Each giant issue is perfect bound and chock full of true crime articles, artwork, letters, documents and more. After hearing about Thriault on television, Veer decided to head into the hills. Theriault would hit them with a belt initially, but this escalated and they were soon being attacked with hammers. I would have liked to have talked to you yesterday evening but I think it is preferable to write these things down rather than saying them for fear of talking too much. He was 53. [3] Thriault used his charisma to cover for his increasingly abusive and erratic behaviour, and none of the other members questioned his judgement or openly blamed him for any physical, mental or emotional damage. Up until recently Theriault was still being visited regularly by some of his former cult "wives,'' who had moved to New Brunswick to be close to him and have borne him more children following conjugal visits. Though most of the girls still living with their parents, the whole group would often spend the weekend crashing at Gisle's on the couch, on the floor, wherever there was space. Average Age & Life Expectancy Robert R Boilard lived 30 years shorter than the average Boilard family member when he died at the age of 44. If you want to be a man, you have to learn how to teach your woman a lesson." This only served as proof that the outside world was hostile to the group's way of life, and reinforced their alienation and isolation. Thriault began to assemble notes for a book (L'Affaire Mose, published in Qubec City in November of 1983). Nicole Ruel (20) As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The 1993 trial came to an abrupt end when Theriault pleaded guilty. My body is very afraid of all these things. Between 1977 and 1989 he was the head of a tiny religious group near Burnt River, Ont. When the child then died, Theriault castrated the man as punishment. The others had gone home to their families, Rock's spell finally broken. Roch Theriault, 63, was involved in an altercation early. (n.d.).Local Community Forum and Information for Every Town, Village and Hamlet in Britain. They found no signs of foul play, but Thriault swore that if anyone else died on the commune, their body would stay there. Between 1977 and 1989 he held sway over as many as 12 adults and 26 children. He called them the "Ant Hill Kids" because they worked together like a nest of ants. He started pressing and punching Solange's stomach; when she put her hands up to fend him off, Rock simply told her to move her hands, and she did. This is a savings of over $100! The average age of a Boilard family member is 74. Of a jury of ten, including Roch jr, only three voted against the new motion Jacques Gigure, Maryse Grenier, and Gisle. A charismatic speaker, he soon persuaded others to join his religious movement and the Ant Hill Kids cult was born. But Thriault was not to be satisfied with this decision, and a couple of hours later he took Jacques aside and suggested that they castrate Veer. Solange invited her parents to the ceremony, and on advice from their priest they decided to attend, if only to show Solange that they still loved her. After a year of having been forbidden to have relations with her pre-cult husband Jacques, Maryse Grenier, the only adult woman of the group Thriault hadn't taken as his own wife, was permitted to leave with two of her three surviving children a two year old and an infant. My eyes saw things that went beyond them. Gabrielle thought that this would be an act of mercy for the infant. Theriault, the leader of the most bizarre and violent cult in Canadian history, often physically abused his followers. I do not want to be a fat and plump servant. In July, they found themselves in the wilderness of the Gasp Peninsula. But despite making it to safety she was too brainwashed to live away from the control of the cult leader. Based on the testimony of former cult members, Thriault was probably delusional and may have actually believed he could do miracles. Several of the Clinic's patrons volunteered time or financial donations including one, Lo Marc Faucher, who sold his worldly possessions to fund the Clinic and move in with his wife and child. Gabrielle Lavallee, who had her right arm hacked off by Theriault in 1989, said yesterday he deserves to stay in jail forever. Date of murder: September 1988 Date of arrest: October 6, 1989 Date of birth: May 16, 1947 Perfil vctimas: Solange Boilard, 21 (his legal wife) Victim profile: Disembowelment while trying to perform surgery on her Location: Burnt River, Ontario, Canada Status: Sentenced to life in prison on January 18, 1993 Thriault converted from Catholicism to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and began practising the denomination's regular holistic beliefs which encouraged a healthy lifestyle free of unhealthy foods and tobacco[citation needed]. This all had a cathartic effect on his followers he had punished them for their sins, and they were now purified as a result. He was their Papy; his wife Gisle was their Mamy, and with the collective welfare checks of everyone in the group, they had a monthly budget of $1 400 Canadian. Joseph successfully stood up to Rock, and this made an impression on Rock's wives; someone had stood up to Mose and triumphed. The abuse extended to the cult's children, who were sexually abused, held over fires, or nailed to trees while other children threw stones at them. He would then treat her nicely for a few days, but invariably she would be punished for running away and bringing him dishonour. After the cremation, everyone took some of the bones to keep. It only took a few beers to get him going on about the Master of Life and Death, the Good and Bad Creator. One afternoon, he got exceedingly drunk. Thriault was arrested for *ault in 1989, dissolving the cult, and was convicted for murder in 1993 for the death of follower Solange Boilard. This was all built by his two male and nine female followers four of whom were pregnant, and all of whom were also responsible for the commune's ten children, ranging in age from one to fifteen. July 26, 1989, Rock became drunk. Reluctantly, Gigure took the axe and severed one of Maryse's small toes. And as he became bored, he began to drink again. the Conseil de guerre / court-martial that took place at Fort Frontenac to reach a verdict about the cause of the death. We pay for your stories! Find the obituary of Allyson Ruby Boilard (2004 - 2019) from Sabattus, ME. EXETER TWP., Pa. A Berks County woman is behind bars without bail on criminal charges in connection with the killing of her 3-year-old daughter. He began ordering his wives to steal from the local grocers of the town of Lindsay: dairy products, vegetables, meat, canned goods, suet, pop, toilet paper, anything and everything they needed but could no longer afford to buy. All of our Serial Killer Magazines and books are massive, perfect bound editions. All of our Serial Killer books are massive, 8.5" x 11" perfect bound editions. They reported that Roch's wedding ceremony was not what they expected, to say the least Thriault's rambling speech stressed the woman's role of subservience to the man. One of his former followers, Gabrielle Lavalle, wrote an autobiographic book about the sect titled L'alliance de la brebis ("Alliance of the Sheep"), ISBN 2920176854. Ted Williams once said it was his goal in life to walk down the street [and have] folks say there goes the greatest hitter who ever lived. He read more, On September 28, 1542, the Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrives in San Diego Bay while searching for the Strait of Anian, a mythical all-water route across North America. Theriault founded and led a notorious sect in the 1980s and was sentenced to life in prison in 1993 for the murder of Solange Boilard. Lived: 16253 days = 44 years. The police raided the compound, arrested Thriault and Samuel's parents, and relocated the seven children to foster homes. As for the others, all of this served only to make them more obsequious. He would have them suspended from the ceiling, pluck out each of their body hairs individually and even used them as toilets. On March 23, 1980, Thriault organized a party. The group set out on foot into the hills from the village of Saint-Jogues, on July 9, 1978. He was arrested for assault in 1989 and was convicted of murder in 1993 in the death of Boilard. He had one of his wives break Claude's legs with a sledgehammer. Rock became convinced that he was pregnant with his deceased wife Solange. The successful traversal of the Russian Arctic was a landmark moment for the international shipping industry, read more, On September 28, 1965, six years after he led the Cuban Revolution and four years after the failed U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro announces that any Cuban who wished to leave the island was free to do so. In a move he said would keep his followers safe, Theriault moved the commune from Quebec to a mountainside he named Eternal Mountain. Rock roughly tried to insert an enema tube into Solange's rectum; the enema fluid was a mixture of molasses, oil, and water. This desire was readily satisfied by his physical presence and by his penchant for showmanship. These are not the kind of flimsy magazines or tiny paperback novels that you are accustomed to. Thriault convinced Alex Joseph to perform a post-mortem marriage by proxy for himself and Solange, to make "official" what he had only recognized for himself: the marriage between "Mose" and "Rachel" and Joseph even threw in an ordination for Thriault, which named Thriault as king over Lot 4, Concession 5. Instead of looking at the finger, however, he stabbed her hand with a hunting knife, pinning her to the table. Police raided Synanon, and a drunk Dederich was arrested in his Lake Havasu home on December 2, 1978. [3] He prohibited the group from remaining in contact with their families and with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, as this was against his cult's values of freedom. Theriault gave her his special brand of medical treatment. [11][12], On February 26, 2011, at age 63, Thriault was found dead near his cell at Dorchester Penitentiary. "I guess I'll read more, On September 28, 1960, at Bostons Fenway Park, Red Sox star Ted Williams hits a home run in the last at-bat of his 21-year career. There was no honeymoon; the group piled back in the van for the five-hour trip home, Thriault joking with the other girls all the way home. He was using his amateur wood sculpting sales as an excuse to go out of Thetford Mines for Qubec City on the weekends to carry on trysts with women he met there. Rock sr would sometimes have the children masturbate him, or watch as members of the group masturbated one another or themselves, believing this to be the proper method of sexual instruction. A couple of days later, Thriault decided that Gabrielle's stump was gangrenous, and used a pair of scissors to cut out the infection. Theriault believed he could cure all illness so laid her on a table and punched her in the stomach before. He passed the acetylene torch over Jose's back until the skin bubbled. Lavalle underwent harsh treatment at the Ontario commune during the late 1980s, suffering welding torch burns to her genitals, a hypodermic needle breaking off in her back, and eight of her teeth being forcibly removed. In 1989, when follower Solange Boilard complained of an upset stomach, Thriault performed another amateur surgery without anaesthesia. Check out our sister site VHS WASTELAND. When Gigure began to cry, Thriault grabbed the axe and threatened to cut off all of Maryse's toes himself. Jacques Gigure and Maryse Grenier did likewise, and "Marise" and Jose Pelletier rejoined the group. He taught himself the work of the Old Testament and the idea the end of the world was coming manifested. The CAS also launched its own report, of which Thriault seemed to have intimate knowledge right from the start. He had Jacques pound Gabrielle's thigh with a sledgehammer. I understand it very well because of the Law of Death in which it exists, but within myself I am well. He had previously killed an infant named Samuel Gigure, while two of his disciples, Geraldine Gagn Auclair and Gabrielle Nadeau, died following homeopathic treatments administered to them by Thriault. According to her, Samuel's face was bruised on the morning of the 24th of March, but there was nothing else wrong with him. He had previously killed an infant named Samuel Gigure, while two of his disciples, Geraldine Gagn Auclair and Gabrielle Nadeau, died following homeopathic treatments administered to them by Thriault.
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