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[Music] our episodes deal with serious and often distressing incidents if you feel at
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please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website on Sunday January 10 1993 54 year old pig
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farmer Ralph Alma and his 49 year old wife Joan returned home from a week-long interstate trip the couple who lived in
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the Victorian country town of Antwerp had driven four and a half hours west to attend a six-day religious convention in
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the South Australian capital of Adelaide Ralph a devout and ardent Christian had
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been eager to attend the event and while Joan didn't share her husband's fervor she attended church regularly and so
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agreed to accompany him the vacation had passed without incident but shortly after their arrival home Jones started
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to behave oddly she had difficulty concentrating on tasks would frequently change outfits throughout the day was
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restless and struggled to fall asleep according to Ralph as time went on she also started making peculiar noises and
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adopting different personas on one occasion she acted as though she were a sheep shearer speaking in a tone and
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manner consistent with a farmhand on another she claimed to be a sex worker while describing the activities she had
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participated in with supposed to clients it wasn't the first time Ralph had witnessed to Jane behaving this way two
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years earlier she was hospitalized briefly for mental illness but had made a fairly quick recovery and had been in
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good health ever since now it appeared her symptoms were returning over the course of the next two weeks
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they seem to worsen particularly at nighttime on the evening of Friday January 22
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Ralph returns home to find a Joan waving her arms and dancing in their properties
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paddocks deeply troubled by the way his wife's well-being had deteriorated ralph
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prayed to God for guidance [Music] the wimmer r is a regional inland district in Victoria's West
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predominantly characterized by dry flat farmlands and a 278 kilometre intermittent river that bears the same
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name passing through the region's unofficial capital city of Horsham the river winds west and then continues
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north to Wentworth a tiny Outback town named after the Belgian home city of an early European settler in the 1860s two
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Protestant missionaries arrived in Antwerp and to build a church and mission where they aimed to convert the
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local indigenous population the mission was closed 40 years later due to low congregation numbers than today stands
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as a tourist attraction towards the end of the 20th century int work was home to
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just 63 inhabitants it had a license to general store a rail siding and a small station where residents could catch a
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bus to Horsham twice a week the two-lane dambulla Rainbow Road carved through the
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town's sprawling fields which were dotted by scrubs and eucalyptus trees and several disused grain silos stood
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out against the mostly natural landscape Ralph and Joan Bulmer had moved to Antwerp in the late 1980s purchasing one
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of the town's traditional farmsteads where they raised pigs born in Germany in 1938 right before the outbreak of
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World War two Ralph had emigrated to Australia with his family when he was a teenager he had completed primary school
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in Germany but the move interrupted his education and he never enrolled in secondary school his family moved to the
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Melbourne suburb of Caulfield and his parents both worked in factory production eventually they saved enough
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money from working overtime to afford a small rural property in Gippsland a region in the state's southeast ralph
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grew up to be a softly spoken man who found it difficult to trust others and mostly kept to himself
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when he did form friendships they were extremely strong he worked as a farmhand and performed odd jobs before meeting
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his first wife and settling down in the Gippsland town of yaaram the couple had two sons the RAF's wife passed away in
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the mid-1970s and he raised their children by himself when his sons were grown up they moved
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away to start their own families Ralph remained single until 1986 when he met and fell in love with Joan Joan
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Leonora Taylor was a petite woman with short wavy light brown hair who was typically described as shy gentle and
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loving her childhood and early adulthood were marred by sexual abuse and she was
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later diagnosed with schizophrenia resulting in several stints in mental health hospitals which left her with a
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fear of psychiatric care she struggled to make friends and to maintain ongoing work though she adored her children and
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had been employed as a nanny for a time as a young woman she married and had a baby that was left in a state of anxiety
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and blame when her husband took his own life her life appeared to turn around in
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her early 40s when she met Ralph who later compared their early relationship to a miracle the new couple decided to
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start a fresh life together in an entirely different part of the state settling on the Wimmer region and
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purchasing the farm in Antwerp in 1988 their new home was a single-story weatherboard farmhouse with a wide
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veranda that sat at the end of a 500 meter dirt driveway framed by several trees the rear of the property backed
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onto the banks of the Wimmer river Joan an avid gardener immediately set about planting a neat border of garden beds
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around the house and establishing a greenhouse she also decorated her new home with the vases porcelain ornaments
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and cat figurines the couple didn't involve themselves in the local community but those who met
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Joan in town described her as friendly neither Ralph nor Joan had been religious when they met but several
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years into their relationship they discovered their faith and became Christians they married at Horsham
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Salvation Army Church in 1989 and began attending Sunday Mass there Ralph was a far more impassioned believer compared
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to his wife spending his spare time listening to hymns and reading religious texts while Joan preferred to watch
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television she was content to be involved with the church but in the words of one local minister not to be
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fanatical about it in contrast Ralph was eager to learn as much as he could about
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Christianity for most of his life he had only attended church for weddings and funerals but after converting he would
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constantly engage others on the topic listening enthusiastically to those who claim to deep knowledge of the Bible in
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their homes kitchen he hung a plaque that read Christ is the head of this house the unseen guests at every meal
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the silent listener to every conversation within two years of moving to Antwerp Joan began exhibiting signs of a mental
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health crisis in the spring of 1990 she suddenly became extremely Restless was unable to sleep and struggled to
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concentrate on tasks or conversations yet seemed oblivious that something was wrong she also became fixated on her
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childhood discussing it frequently in a childlike voice one day she told Ralph that she had done a painting for him
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only to reveal she had coded his car in house paint from the beginning Ralph suspected that dark forces were
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responsible for his wife's changes in behavior he noticed an expression in her eyes that terrified him describing them
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as being bright red almost glowing almost like coals when she was overcome with a bit of Rage outside a frightened
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Ralph locked himself in the house he consulted Salvation Army captain's at the church the couple attended seeking
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guidance on the matter rejecting his suggestion there was quote an evil presence in Joan the captain's instead
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offered the couple marriage counseling displeased with this response Roth scheduled a doctor's appointment for
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Joan at a medical clinic in the nearby town of dambulla the general practitioner concluded that Joan was
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suffering from mental illness and should be admitted as an involuntary patient to
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a psychiatric hospital in late September she was taken to lakeside mental health
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hospital in the regional city of Ballarat a three-hour drive southeast from her home psychiatrists there
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diagnosed - Joan with anxiety depression schizophrenia and hypomania a mood disorder which can cause increased
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energy difficulty concentrating restlessness and irritability she remained at the hospital for three weeks
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and by mid-october her sleep pattern had proved though what still wasn't back to
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normal upon release doctors prescribed to join an anti-psychotic medication called IO
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redesign which was then commonly used to treat schizophrenia they instructed her
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to take it for 12 months cautioning her that if she stopped there was a strong possibility of relapse within the next
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two years nine days after James release she was still struggling with persistent
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restlessness so she and Ralph made another doctor's appointment although Joan was coherent the doctor
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noted she had difficulty remaining seated and expressed that the problem might have been the thioridazine his
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agitation was a side effect of the drug Joan's dosage was half and she was also prescribed a second medication to help
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manage the restlessness the doctor asked the couple to return in five days for a
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follow-up appointment but she never saw them again Jones continued suffering convinced Ralph that the doctors were
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unable to help he suggested to Jane that she submit to deliverance a form of ministry similar to an exorcism in which
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an individual is cleansed of evil spirits and demons gern refused telling her husband there's nothing wrong with
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me Ralph then turned to his religious friends for advice and was instructed to pray to God to bind the spirits he did
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so and when Joan's health improved shortly after Ralph attributed her recovery to his prayers and she ceased
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taking her medication seeing Jane's recovery increased to Ralph's faith in God even further and
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religion became the focal point of his life one neighbor would later recall that
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while he could have a normal conversation with the Joan it was impossible to talk to Ralph without the
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subject of religion being raised in his quest to find a like-minded people Ralph
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had become acquainted with a couple named - John and Julianne Reichenbach both aged 30 who had encouraged him to
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pray for Jane's recovery the RIKEN backs resided on a remote farm stead in the town of Glen Lee located roughly 28
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kilometers west of Antwerp they had met through their involvement in the Lutheran faith with Leanne attending
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services in a town south the portion and John's family being well regarded orders
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of another nearby church they married and by the early 1990s had four children over time they found themselves
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increasingly drawn to charismatic Christianity abundant mentalist a movement that emphasizes abilities
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believed to be bestowed by the Holy Spirit such as speaking in tongues performing miracles and being able to
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heal the sick during the early 1990s the charismatic movement was on the rise throughout the Wimmer region becoming
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increasingly popular with individuals who had previously practiced the more conventional branches of Christianity
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John and Leigh Ann Rokenbok believed they had a divine calling to exorcise demons and began performing deliverances
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they also established their own prayer circle at their home with groups ranging from 6 to 25 people gathering there to
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sing hymns and study biblical passages soon ralph of alma was a regular attendee and developed a close
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friendship with the couple considering them to be the only to truly spirit-filled people of their entire
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congregation however the RIKEN box involvement with the maduk movement led to clashes with their
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Lutheran minister when he pointed out that some of their new beliefs contradicted the Bible's teachings they
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would argue that the Lord had spoken to them personally their disagreements with
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the Church's doctrine eventually led to them being excommunicated from their congregation in late 1992 in early
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January 1993 Ralph and Joan traveled to Adelaide to attend a six-day charismatic
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movement convention that the Reichenbach had recommended to them the week-long event was characterized by lots of
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singing preaching and people performing minor miracles such as healing and casting out demons throughout it all
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jones seemed Moody and withdrawn but the trip passed without any significant incidents when the couple arrived to
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back home on Sunday January 10 Jones manic symptoms returned and quickly worsened she was once again Restless and
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unable to sleep and according to Ralph would snort like a pig make aggressive facial expressions that he compared to
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an angry dog sway loudly and speak about lewd activities Ralph attributed Jones behavior to spiritual problems when he
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had prayed to bind the evil spirit within her two years earlier he believed he had rendered it ineffective but
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failed to caster they are now his suspected that had been reawakened by the strong spiritual atmosphere and a
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nourishment of the convention and was rebelling against it over the next 10 days ralph prayed often for guidance but
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worried that he was harassing God with concerns that he was already aware of as a reminder to himself
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Ralph painted the words stop telling father your needs in red paint on an outside wall of the properties peeps
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dire on Thursday January 21 63 year old Roma Karras caught the bus from Horsham to
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Antwerp to stay with her friend to join Vollmar it was the middle of summer and temperatures in the region were
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consistently soaring above 40 degrees Celsius when Roma greeted Joan she was shocked to find her friend too dressed
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in a nightie and heavy dressing gown but with ice-cold hands throughout the visit
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Joan restocked crockery pulled apart flowers from a bouquet Roma had given her and sang in a peculiar voice that
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roma described as lovely like a nightingale Roma also observed that Joan's stomach appeared to be swollen
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Joan told Roma that she was both expecting a baby and that the swelling was due to a cancerous tumor she
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insisted that there were people on the property who wanted to rape her but when she tried to point them out to her
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friend Roma saw nothing believing that Joan was heading for quote a nervous breakdown Roma told ralph of her
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concerns on the following morning of Friday January 22 before returning home that evening
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Ralph returned home from shopping to find a Joan dancing barefoot in the paddocks while waving her arms and
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calling out to him he has scored her into the house only for Joan to run away and be found for later that night four
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kilometers away deeply disturbed ralph prayed to God for guidance as to where he should turn for help
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believing he received an answer to reach out to the rocking backs he phoned to John and asked him to come over John
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arrived at the Vollmer residence at around 11:30 p.m. he and Julie Ann had participated in as many as twenty
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deliverances by this time and upon seeing the state that Joan was in John quickly deduced that she was a victim of
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demonic possession he told Ralph that deliverance was no longer an option but a necessary action
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in order to save her soul Ralph agreed and the two of them stayed awake all night praying for Joan and reading
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passages aloud from the Bible the next morning of Saturday January 23 lien Reichenbach arrived and took her
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husband's place by joan side while john returned home to the couple's children she found other members of their circle
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to ask for their guidance and assistance in praying for Joan at the top of her list was Lia clucksten a 77 year old
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Baptist who resided in the town of rainbow 52 kilometers north of Antwerp the rockin backs considered a lair to be
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something of a spiritual leader as she claimed to speak directly with God after consulting with Lianne over the
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telephone Leah came to the conclusion that Joan was possessed by not one but ten demonic entities and provided advice
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on how to expel the evil spirits following Leah's instructions Ralph and Leanne had to joan sit in a chair at one
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end of the kitchen while they sat at the other reciting biblical passages praying
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and asking joan questions while christian music played in the background this pattern repeated over the next two
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days Ralph enter Leanne's deliverance sessions commenced during the mid-afternoon and continued throughout
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the night sometimes not concluding until 5 a.m. occasionally John Reichenbach would join them in person but other
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times they regularly called him for advice along with Lia and several other prayer circle members after 3 days with
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no change in Joan's behavior it was decided that they needed someone else to join them and strengthen their efforts
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David clinger was a 28 year old contract harvester who had grown up in northern New South Wales but now lived in South
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Australia he had attended the Reichenbach sprayer circles on a number of occasions where he had become
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acquainted with the Ralph Ulmer as well David had also met Joan and already harbored some suspicions about her even
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before receiving phone calls from Milly an Reichenbach explaining that Joan was undergoing a deliverance he had seen the
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volmers at a New Year's Eve prayer gathering four weeks earlier and thought that Joan had a blank expression on her
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face during the service at one stage he believed he saw her eyes roll back into her head
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from that moment he suspected there was a demonic presence in her and now that had seemingly been confirmed when the
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group asked him to join them he felt it was his duty to assist on Tuesday January 26 David made the considerable
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journey across the state border to Antwerp upon arriving at the property he felt that the atmosphere there was like
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that of a quote spiritual battle between God and Satan he prayed and read from the Bible along with Ralph and Leanne
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the trio maintained their efforts throughout the entire day and into Wednesday as well regularly checking in
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with their prayer circle associates according to David June became increasingly verbally abusive and
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aggressive as time went on by Thursday January 28 Joan's restlessness had worsened to the point that she refused
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to stay seated and resisted the group's prayers in response growth suggest that they tie her feet to wooden planks to
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prevent her from moving around and making what he described as satanic gestures they also began depriving Joan of food
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and water as a way of starving the demons inside her when she complained of her hunger and thirst they would pray
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even louder to drown out her cries their questioning of Joan persisted and if she
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didn't provide satisfactory replies they slapped her face as a means of telling her in rafts words come on give us an
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answer on a couple of occasions ralph became distressed that witnessing the torment his wife was enduring including
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the bruises that had formed on her skin when he voiced his concerns that this could not be God's will LeeAnn and David
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pointed out to Ralph that it wasn't his wife they were physically battling that a demonic presence they reassured him
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that they were quote not harming Joan in any way we were just dealing with the evil spirit nevertheless the group were
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at a loss as to why they couldn't see any improvement in Joan's well-being despite the growing intensity of their
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deliverance Lia advised them over the phone that they would need to call for more reinforcements if the demons still
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remained by Saturday throughout the exorcism the group had also been consulting fellow prayer
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circle attendee Kathleen must be over the phone like Lehr clucksten Kathleen lived in rainbow and felt it was her
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obligation to assist with prayers and guidance in the face of the group's continued failure to exercise Jones
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demons Kathleen suggested that her son 22 year old Matthew Paul now ski join them
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Matthew believed to nearly 400 kilometres away in the Melbourne suburb of Warren diet and was employed as an
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assistant green keeper at a golf course he had never participated in a deliverance before the kathleen advised
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that he was particularly sensitive to the message of God and the presence of evil having previously detected demons
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that resided in a house that he lived in when Saturday January 30 dawns with no perceivable change in Joan Kathleen
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called her son and he agreed to make the long drive to win twerp it was another hot day with the temperature reaching 40
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degrees by noon when Matthew paln a ski pulled up to the property in anticipation of his arrival the group
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had removed all of the kitchens furniture with the exception of a single chair that Joan was restrained in her
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stockings had been used to tie her feet to wooden planks that had been nailed together she had barely had anything to
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weed or drink for days Matthew later said that when he entered the room Joan was unable to look at him
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which he attributed to her detecting the presence of Jesus in him as they began the day's deliverance
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Matthew blessed some olive oil and anointed those present with it before running around to the exterior of the
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house seven times holding up a 30 centimeter square shade of cling film in an attempt to prevent evil spirits from
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entering he then decided they needed to destroy or that Jane loved as they were shrines and
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altars for her devil worship Ralph and David used a hammer to smash Jones porcelain ornaments jewelry and divisors
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while Matthew ripped out the flowers in her beloved a garden and a greenhouse once Matthew had prepared for the
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exorcism Jiri entered the kitchen and sent to Joan in the name of Jesus I demand you
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to sit down while the other three attempted to pinned her down Joan was distressed and struggled against them
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with what they perceived as an inhuman strength over several hours she was repeatedly interrogated while Leanne
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pressed forcefully against her stomach abdomen and chest in an effort to push out the demons that were inside her
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David held to Joan in a headlock and deprived her eyes open with his fingers so that she had to look at Matthew while
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he preached saying over and over in the precious name of the Lord Jesus released
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this woman the slapping continued with the Joan receiving approximately 20 hits to the face at one stage her jaw was
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wrenched open in an effort to remove a demon Leanne continued to call her husband John and to Leia clucksten
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keeping them up to date with proceedings and following their directions through their questioning of Joan the group
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believed to they had identified one of the demons as the Legion a powerful spirit that Jesus had once cast from her
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possessed the man they claimed that when controlled by Legion Joan adopted a masculine persona this contrast that
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with another spirit called baby Joanie or baby princess Joan who spoke in a childlike voice and detailed sexual
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abuses that had been inflicted on her as a young girl after several hours the group believed they had successfully
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driven out a number of demons including baby princess Joan and a that resembled a pig but that legion and
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another strong male spirit remained hiding in Jones womb at 4 o'clock in the afternoon she was moved to her bedroom
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for the exorcisms final stage once in the bedroom the group took it in turns to sit on Joan and push on her
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stomach chest neck and head to force the panel to demons out concentrating most of their attention on her abdomen before
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moving up her body by around 4:30 p.m. they were focusing on Joan's neck firmly massaging it when she suddenly shuddered
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and emitted a loud groan before falling still those present interpreted this as the demons leaving her and Matthew
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declared that the evil spirits had finally been defeated as the others began to celebrate ralph noticed that
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his wife was no longer breathing and felt her wrists for a pulse failing to find one he alerted the others and to
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they attempted to revive Joan via mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when this failed Matthew reassured the
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group that entering a state such as this was normal for an individual who had just undergone a successful deliverance
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after consulting with Leia Klug's than by telephone Matthew announced that Joan would arise
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by the next the morning restored to perfect health he told the others to pray over her then departed the property
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to attend to other matters the remaining trio pulled a quilt over Jane's body and began to sing songs of
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God's victory the following day Sunday January 31 Joan had failed to wake as promised
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Leanne Rokenbok phoned to Leah clucksten and Kathleen dusky who agreed to visit the property so they could lay hands on
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Joan and to pray for her in person when the women arrived they pressed their hands on Joan's forehead and commanded
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her to rise up and to walk to no avail Leah repeated the process three times before leaving in the afternoon
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those that the farm continued to hold a vigil and sing hymns while at home Leah prayed for further instructions
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regarding what she had seen at the vomer residence on Monday morning after consulting with her sister-in-law Leah
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believed she had received another otherworldly message telling her to call the authorities
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Senior Constable Jeffrey Yana was on duty in the town of Jared on Monday February 1 when a call came through from
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the local Lutheran minister requesting an officer's presence at a property in Antwerp 26 kilometers south the minister
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had just been summoned to there himself and it was disturbed by what he had found
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when constable Arnott arrived at the volmers farmhouse at around 2 p.m. he was greeted by a balding man who
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identified himself as David cleaner and stated it's a long story entering the house the policeman saw
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Ralph Vollmer and Dooley in rock and back seated at the kitchen table Leigh Ann reading aloud from a Bible and Ralph
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using a marker to highlight passages relating to resurrection continuing down a hallway to the bedroom
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constable arnott's or a female body with noticeable facial and arm bruising in an
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advanced state of decomposition lying on the bed flies and maggots had gathered on the body under which there was an
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enormous stain on the mattress and a foul odor permeated the room constable Arnott estimated the woman had been dead
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for several days upon returning to the kitchen he saw Ralph still reading his Bible and noticed there was quote a
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strange atmosphere of calm constable Arnott queried Ralph as to whether he would be making funeral arrangements for
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his wife the Ralph's respondent that there wouldn't be a funeral and he was about to witness the greatest miracle as
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Joan would soon walk out of the bedroom alive with a completely restored body shocked
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constable Arnott made no further comment and called for backup Ralph returned to reading his Bible
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David told other responding officers that Joan had died as the group had been physically reading the demonic spirits
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from her when queried as to how Jones body had become so bruised he explained that the demons had given her enormous
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strength and she had to be forcefully held down the homicide squad arranged to have the
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body taken to Melbourne for a post-mortem examination that afternoon Ralph Leanne and David were all taken to
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Horsham Police Station to be formally questioned they were interviewed for several hours by local police before
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homicide squad detectives arrived from Melbourne and commenced the second phase of interviews in his account
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Ralph Alma claimed that he had discovered disturbing things about his wife during the exorcism such as that
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her parents had sacrificed two of their other children at birth and had baptized
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her in the name of Satan when she was three years old after this alleged baptism she became known as baby
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princess Joan - those who worshiped Satan Jones family who avoided the public spotlight following her death
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denied these claims Ralph also said that Joan had been very distraught by her admission to lakeside mental health
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hospital so he had made her a promise that she would never have to return to psychiatric care this had been a factor
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in seeking divine intervention for his wife instead of medical attention he stated that his fellow worshippers
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Leanne Rokenbok and David cleaner were more sensitive to the voice of God than he was so for the most part he followed
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their lead when it came to extracting information from Joan in regards to the mistreatment and injuries inflicted
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against Joan Ralph insisted she wouldn't have felt any physical pain quote that would have
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hurt my wife terribly but it wasn't my wife we weren't dealing with my wife anymore this is the whole point see I
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wouldn't allow anything like that to happen to my wife you can't believe that she wasn't my wife she was an evil
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spirit that needed to be dealt with despite having witnessed the decomposition of her body
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he remained adamant that Joan would be revived stating his expectation that God would provide her with a new body and
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quote through a complete resurrection job LeeAnn Rokenbok expressed her surprise that Joan had died due to the
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group pressing on her neck saying that they believed they were doing what was necessary to do she told police she'd
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been involved in deliverances for 18 months but had never encountered anything locked Joan's case before David
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cleaner acknowledged that while it would have been appropriate to call an ambulance for Joan quote in worldly
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terms the group had been dealing with a spiritual matter he said God had provided him a message that the case
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would receive worldwide attention leading to those who had performed the exorcism being criminally charged and
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possibly imprisoned in response to these consequences God would return Joan to life and quote show he is victorious in
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this day and age the three individuals were permitted to return home in the early hours of Tuesday February 2 later
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that day detectives visited the Vollmer property and filmed ralph as he took them on a
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tour of the homestead providing a narrative of the exorcism and pointing out where particular events had taken
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place an autopsy determined that the thyroid cartilage in Jones neck had been fractured due to the amount of pressure
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that the perpetrators had applied and she died of cardiac arrest within two days of police finding her body both
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Australian and international media outlets were reporting on the bizarre case Ralph's openly spoke to the
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journalists who turned up at his property sharing all of the details about the exorcism in one newspaper
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report published on Wednesday February 3 he described at the moment that his wife
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died quote there was a great noise of hissing screaming and groaning as the noise died down I looked at her eyes and
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I saw the light leaved them he explained to that her death wasn't reported because they had received messages that
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the Lord would raise her up Jones funeral was scheduled for Friday February 5 less than a week after her
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death Ralph's informed to the media he knew with absolute certainty that she would be resurrected before her body was
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laid to rest stating she will tell God's story to people around the world and get
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sinners to repent he was eager that the media shared the story and invited journalists to attend so that they could
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witness the miracle for themselves the modest service was hold in Horsham at the Salvation Army Hall where Joan and
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her Ralph had occasionally worshiped roughly 60 of Joan's friends and fellow churchgoers attended but her family were
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absent reportedly too distressed by the manner of her death to be there as many as 30 journalists and photographers as
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well as Horsham police officers monitored proceedings Salvation Army captain Colin Corkery presided over the
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service stating in 10 years of ministry we have never known any experience to be
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so traumatic in the two years we have known Ralph and Joan we have to be gentle simple and caring people he
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cautioned against a Lone Ranger exorcists who operated outside the bounds of churches
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Lorna caiman her salvation army sister said Jones legacy would be that of a happy caring loving woman who walked
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with the Jesus following the ceremony the casket was taken to Horsham cemetery for burial we're curious spectators
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gathered around the perimeter awaiting the alleged miracle Ralph had promised after a Bible passage was shared Joan's
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coffin was slowly lowered into its grave and Ralph closed his eyes tilting his head to the sky to pray when the casket
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touched the ground Ralph began sobbing for the first time turning to his sons for support as he
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finally realized Joan was gone he willingly spoke with reporters after the burial theorizing that perhaps Joan
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hadn't wanted to return because she loved heaven so much David clinger also spoke with the press stating that he had
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nothing to hide and if the police wanted to speak with him again quote then I guess they'll find me he revealed that
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he and John Rokenbok had already performed a deliverance on another woman just four days after Joan's death but
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this one had been a success sometime after the funeral Ralph moved in with the rock and backs helping out on the
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couple's farm and taking care of their children while one of his sons took over the property at Antwerp the rocking box
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prayer circle disbanded but they and Ralph maintained their faith regularly attending services at another Church in
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Horsham police prepared a report for the coroner and three months after Joan's death Ralph's OMA LeAnn Rokenbok David
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Klinger and Matthew na ski were all charged with the manslaughter all four received the bail and were
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ordered to face a three day committal hearing in two Tambor on Monday September 13 the four
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defendants each carrying a Bible filed into Horsham Magistrates Court two religious experts about just the
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illusion and a Catholic Church official gave evidence that while they believed in demonic possession such cases were
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rare an improved understanding of mental health had led them to believe many so-called possessions of the past had
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been misdiagnosed psychological disorders Jones mental health diagnosis two years earlier was relayed to the
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court and tell the rockin backs history with exorcisms had led to them being expelled from their church on the
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hearings second day Leah clucksten took the stand telling the court that she had
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regularly consulted the defendants throughout the exorcism and while she had never met Joan God had repeatedly
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confirmed that she was possessed Lia stated that after visiting the property on January 31 and the laying hands on
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Joan's deceased body she alerted the local minister after much prayer on the matter at various stages she would
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shudder and interrupt her own testimony to channel the voice of God exclaiming I'm sorry daddies God speaking yes the
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pathologist who performed to Joan's autopsy testified that it was highly probable that her cardiac arrest was a
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result of the pressure the defendants had placed on her neck however as Joan died five minutes or longer after the
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force was applied her cause of death could not be determined with absolute certainty and there was insufficient
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evidence to prove it was a consequence of the exorcism on Thursday September 16 Magistrate Tim McDonald conceded that
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although the four defendants had in all likelihood contributed to Joan's death his decision was to drop all of the
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charges stating I find the prosecution has not produced enough evidence of sufficient weight for a jury to find the
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cardia arrest was caused by application of pressure on the neck of the deceased though surprised by the magistrate's
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decision all four defendants were pleased with the result they sobbed clapped and embraced to
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their relatives and the newspaper photographers captured some of them smiling broadly as they left the
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courthouse all four remained staunchly committed to their faith and felt vindicated by the ruling with Ralph ulna
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telling journalists God's will has been done and I just praise and rejoice in the Lord he gave media interviews the
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following day in which he remarked that God had been on trial telling Melbourne newspaper The Sunday age that he
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disagreed with the finding that he and the others had most likely contributed to Jones death but that the magistrate
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had been as understanding as he could be when asked what he would do if he had his time over ralph said he would still
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choose to exercise Jone quote I still maintained that she was possessed and it was God's will to take her home the
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broader community did not share the defendants views and were deeply disturbed by the ruling Jones death had
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sent shockwaves through Antwerp and the wider wimmer a region although many in the area are identified as religious the
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majority of them attended a mainstream church and felt that the legal system was not holding extremists accountable
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for their actions a number of locals said their grievances to the media with longtime Antwerp resident Ivan Pollock
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telling the Sunday aged newspaper everyone reckons we can do anything to our wives now and get away with it
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as long as we preach the gospel nobody's happy about it everybody's disgusted absolutely Church spokespeople pointed
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out that this sort of event was the risk people took when taking matters into their own hands
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rather than calling in a religious authority the Royal Australian and to New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
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called for a review of the case mental health workers expressed the concern that vulnerable people may be targeted
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for recruitment by unconventional churches as some people suffering from schizophrenia believed themselves to be
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possessed by demons professor graham burrows chairman of the Mental Health Foundation told the age if
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people have a psychiatric disease they should receive appropriate treatments and exorcism is not one of them in the
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wake of the public outrage Victoria's Director of Public Prosecutions continued to look into the case after
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reviewing the evidence with assistance from at least four legal advisers the charges against the four acquitted were
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reinstated on February 14 1994 ralph alma leanne Reichenbach david cleaner and matthew nasty was served with
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notices to stand trial for manslaughter unlawful imprisonment and recklessly causing serious injury though the
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exorcism of Joan Bulmer had lasted for over a week the charge is only related to their
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actions between noon and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday January 30 1993 dl was leading up to her death all four entered pleas
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of not guilty and to a granted bail once again the trial commenced on Monday October 17 1994 and was the sensational
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event for the small single-story courthouse a jury of five women and seven men were sworn in and dozens of
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journalists and spectators oversaw the proceedings rather than dismiss the defendants beliefs as outlandish the
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prosecution's approach was to bring in their own religious experts to testify that the behavior of the four accused
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did not align with mainstream Christianity the jury was told about Jones 1990 diagnosis of anxiety depression
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schizophrenia and hypomania her decision to cease taking medication and her subsequent decline after attending the
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charismatic Christian convention two years later the video shot by investigators that the Vollmer property
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was also shown revealing the stockings and boards used their estranged own as well as Jones destroyed belongings and
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garden it emerged two during the trial that Ralph had not informed Jones family about her cause of death
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Jones brother-in-law Neville who was married to her sister Dorothy gave evidence about a phone call he'd
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received from Ralph three days after Jane's death letting them know that an autopsy was being performed when asked
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how her death had occurred Ralph's amelie said she died slowly the couple were left to learn the details from
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media reports a psychiatrist who had treated Joan at lakeside a mental health hospital provided background on her
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psychiatric history a senior Catholic official gave evidence that the number of exorcisms performed had significantly
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declined over the years likely due to ongoing advances in the mental health field he also stated that an exorcism
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typically involved prayer and possibly laying hands on the head of the possessed individual nothing like the
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treatment that Joan had been subjected to though none of the accused took the stand Leanne's husband John Rokenbok
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gave evidence he claimed to there Joan had been possessed by multiple spirits and described how she had appeared and
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behaved went under the influence of the entities he identified as Legion and to baby Princess Joan he also asserted that
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they had known Joan was possessed because she revealed information about the exorcists that she had no way of
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knowing when Matthew nasbe had arrived at the farm Jones said 22 pisspot which those
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present interpreted as a reference to his age and a problem he previously had with alcohol leah clucksten was also
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called the testifier and again declared God was speaking directly to her just as
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she heard at the committal hearing david cleanest defense attorney told the court
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that his client would have viewed not participating in the exorcism as quote a serious neglect of his duty bali an Rock
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and box lawyer said exorcisms were not unlawful and none of her actions could have led to Jane's death on Tuesday
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October 25 Leanne tendered a letter to the court justifying the group's actions the letter stated that the group
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performing the exorcism knew that they were acting in God's will because he gave them confirmation that their
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actions were proper Leanne also noted that only God knew why Joan had not been resurrected after her death and that
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some good had resulted from the situation because the story had quote gone worldwide to highlight the
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existence of a spiritual realm ralph of Alma's barrister argued that his client was a reasonable person who had turned
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to his religious community after seeing no improvement in Joan following her release from hospital in 1990 when Jones
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seemed to recover shortly after Ralph prayed for her to get better he attributed this to the power of prayer
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the defense pointed to references to exorcisms in the Bible saying that long tradition made demonic possession
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entirely reasonable to someone of faith a psychologist called to give evidence about Ralph's personality and character
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said a Ralph's trusted the few friends he had implicitly it had taken him more than a year to
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accept that his wife was deceased and wouldn't be returning a month into the trial the barrister representing Matthew
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Nass key requested to have the most serious charge against his client dropped his barrister argued that the
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crown had failed to make a case for manslaughter against Matthew who was now 24 and studying to be a missionary had
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the interdenominational College in Perth the trial judge justice Graeme crossly agreed there was insufficient evidence
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to convict and instructed the jury to acquit Matthew of manslaughter a week later both sides gave their
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closing address prosecutor Peter Jones argued that Ralph should have recognised his wife required professional medical
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help but instead quote common sense gave way to zealotry which led to a volatile
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exorcism he told the jury that the defendants had no right to confine Joan or assault her body adding they had no
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consideration for Christianity they went right past that they were on a frolic of
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their own and an unlawful frolic the defense urged jurors to reflect on the evidence without prejudice and set aside
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sensationalist the media reports they might have read following Jones death they also pointed out that it was
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possible that Joan had died from an asthma attack or an epileptic fit as the pathologist had not been able to
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determine the cause of death with absolute certainty the jury had a difficult task ahead while the local
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community wanted justice for Joan exorcisms in and of themselves were not illegal meaning they would have to
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consider whether the actions performed by the group during the ritual were unlawful and amounted the man's florida
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after a day's deliberation the jury returned to deliver the verdict too late on Wednesday November
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they found Ralph volna not guilty of manslaughter but guilty of one count of recklessly causing serious injury and
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one count of false imprisonment as per the judges instructions Matthew Nucky was acquitted of
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manslaughter but convicted on one count of false imprisonment LeeAnn Rock and back and David clinger were both
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convicted of false imprisonment and manslaughter making them the only ones hold directly responsible for killing
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Joan when sentencing the perpetrators judge Crossley explained that they were not being sentenced for performing the
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exorcism but for the undue force they had used against - Joan as the law did not allow accesses in the name of
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religion he noted that regardless of whether Joan had suffered from a mental illness or been possessed by demons the
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level of violence inflicted on her was rough unwarranted and absolutely unjustified while judge Crossley
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observed that it was difficult to perceive any remorse in the for as they all accepted Jones death was God's will
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he did not use this as an aggravating factor due to the unusual nature of the case he stated you put Joan through an
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ordeal that can only be described as bizarre and quite extraordinary seen objectively that ordeal was cruel yet I
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do accept that you said about subjecting her to that ordeal honestly believing that it was for her own good and she was
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truly possessed by demons judge Crossley sentenced who yen rockin back to two years in prison 20 months of
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which were suspended for two years David clinger was given 18 months 15 of which were also suspended for two years
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Ralph Vollmer was sentenced to 12 months suspended for two years and Matthew nos
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key received three months suspended for 18 months of the four only Leanne and David would serve any prison time
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Leanne fought to hold back tears as she was escorted from the courtroom to begin
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her four month sentence Jones family had deliberately avoided a media attention since her death but two members gave
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brief statements following the sentencings one of her sisters Dorothy commented that Jones death had
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traumatized their family while another sister Lorraine added that she hoped the ordeal was finally over quote it's just
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something we have to put behind us now in May 1995 all four perpetrators appealed their convictions at the
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Supreme Court of Victoria the defendants argued that the crown had failed to adequately show that by pressing on
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Joan's neck they had caused her death and claimed that the offence of manslaughter had not been committed as
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Joan had consented to the acts that were performed on her they also submitted that the charge of
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false imprisonment did not apply as Joan's mental state and behavior meant she was a danger to herself and others
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and she had agreed to quote necessary restraint the perpetrators attorneys also objected to some of the evidence
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supplied by the prosecution including exhibits of the wooden planks Joan's feet had been strapped to portions of
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the police interviews with the defendants and testimony regarding the destruction of the farms garden and
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Joan's prized possessions on September 7 1995 the Supreme Court of Victoria rejected all grants of Appeal and upheld
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the convictions little is known about the perpetrators lives following their convictions though all appear to have
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maintained to their faith Ralph Vollmer eventually married for a third time and left Victoria to live with his new wife
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in Queensland selling his and a Jones Antwerp property in 2001 an editorial published in Melbourne newspaper the age
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in September 1993 voice to the anxieties felt by much of the public in the wake of Jones death read in part most
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Australians call themselves Christians but most would have no doubt that the four who tried to exorcise the mentally
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ill Jones Vollmer were dangerously deluded how can such many evil thinking persist in the face of a modern
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medicines ability to diagnose mental disturbance the Vollmer case demonstrates the darker
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side of some forms of belief and the dangers of a religious certainty those who do not question their actions who
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carry within them the assurance of divine inspiration at all times a capable of harm that is as great as it
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is unknowing for the past 20 years the farmhouse where Joan was killed has lain empty the buyers who purchased it in
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2001 never moved in and sold again in 2013 for just under eighty seven and a half thousand dollars but remained
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uninhabited according to an article published in 2016 by news.com dot a you breaking into the abandoned residence
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has become a popular pastime for local teenagers Ivan Pollock the Antwerp resident who spoke of the community's
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disgust in the wake of Joan's death told reporter Candace Sutton that the house made people feel unsettled quote it put
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into a pond the map so to speak people still talk about what happened in that house nearly 60 kilometres south a
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simple headstone marks Joan volmers final resting place at Horsham Cemetery beneath the rendering of a crucifix and
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her name other words always in our hearts in God's care [Music]