Some children had mouths full of rotting teeth; some would randomly scream, rock, chant, or bang on things. Thriault abandoned the Adventist diet. Hyacinthe, a labourer, was devoutly religious and a member of the Union des Electeurs (Union of Electors, also known as Berets blancs or "White Berets" on account of their signature mission uniform), a Catholic fascist offshoot of the Depression-era Crditiste movement. Second, the constant police surveillance to which they had been subjected since Auclair's death. Greg Lupson. His followers were no longer able to speak to one another without his permission and couples could not have sex without his say so. [10] The Correctional Service of Canada prevented Theriault's works leaving Dorchester Penitentiary, and Stockwell Day, the Canadian federal Public Safety Minister at the time, wrote to the Correctional Service to express concern that the killer was benefiting from work in prison. Thriault had three children of his own living at the commune (one by Gisle, one by Solange and one by Nicole), but Veer was mentally unstable, and so was only fit to look after the "animals" the children that weren't of Roch's seed. He claimed that he wasn't the "leader" of the group; that the commune was a democracy and that they lived "in peace and without any promiscuity." 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. My eyes saw things that went beyond them. The next day, Thriault discovered what had happened, and placed Samuel under the care of Gabrielle, nurse for the group. Illinois had the highest population of Boilard families in 1880. To prove their loyalty, cult members were told to cut off each others toes. During that time Theriault chopped off the hand of one of his concubines and killed another woman by disembowelling her during a cult ritual. I only know that I will not repeat them. He himself became "Mose," or Moses, leader of the exodus from the depraved modern world. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. In a few hours the child froze to death. In 1978, Thriault was removed from Seventh-day Adventist Church. Roch was given little to complain about as a child, passing a relatively uneventful adolescence in Thetford Mines; but as he grew older, he discovered that complaining about his childhood was a great way to get sympathy. And doomsday cult leader Roch Theriault wanted to ensure his believers a place in heaven following what he believed was the imminent end of the world. Lo Marc Faucher, who had joined the Healthy Living Clinic with his wife and child and who had given Thriault all of their money, loaded his meagre possessions and his family into a wagon and headed back for civilization. He was found lifeless in his cell at Dorchester Penitentiary about 9 p.m., local time, said Etienne Chiasson of the CSC. Although Roch would later describe his parents, particularly his father, as abusive, Hyacinthe denies ever having beaten the boy, and even in his youth Roch himself almost never complained about his home situation. It was this that gave Theriault's cult its name, the Ant Hill Kids. Nobody who visited the compound from Somerville had any idea of the group's strict and brutal organization; nor did they have any idea of the group's past in Qubec. (n.d.).Opinion - Blogs -, Last edited on 16 February 2023, at 19:59, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, http://www.mykawartha.com/news/article/960359--former-burnt-river-cult-leader-killed-in-jail, "4 Cults You Might Not Know About - Mental Floss", "Revealed: Murder of Canadian cult leader who performed ritual killings and beat children to death | Ottawa Citizen", "The ant hill kids. Ross, S. (2010, January 13). This all had a cathartic effect on his followers he had punished them for their sins, and they were now purified as a result. Every issue of Serial of Serial Killer Magazine we sell. He also passed it over Nicole's tummy the day she gave birth for the first time. The average age of a Boilard family member is 74. His subsequent defeat of King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings marked the beginning of a new era in British history. The depraved cult leader was murdered by his cell-mate, Matthew Gerrard MacDonald. 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. But he also had a maniacal streak that triggered brutal punishment and even torture. They erected a tent-town, spent a week retrieving tools from the cars, and then began construction on a large communal cabin. Eventually, Gisle became very concerned that she might lose Roch to one of the other girls, and took the initiative to propose to him herself. Roch convinced M Auclair to check the 38-year-old cancer patient Geraldine out of the hospital and into the Healthy Living Clinic, where even Geraldine's own father was not permitted to visit. His first swing missed. But then, according to a letter Thriault wrote to the spirit of the deceased, "a strange force entered my arms and tore the bindings from me. 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. Thriault, a self-proclaimed prophet under the name Mose [m.iz], founded the Ant Hill Kids in 1977. All of our Serial Killer Magazines and books are massive, perfect bound editions. Robert R Boilard was born on August 26, 1958. 2023 A&E Television Networks, LLC. Solange, screaming in agony, then had her stomach ripped open as Theriault removed part of her intestines with his bare hands. Rock seperated the children of the compound into two groups: his own, chosen children, who enjoyed a privileged position in the commune; and those who were not his own, particularly the children of Maryse Grenier as well as the young Simon Ouellette, all of whom were regarded as animals and slaves. For my part, I really believe that you were possessed by a very powerful spirit. He spent a half an hour trying to get this done, and encouraged her not to be embarrassed about losing control of her bodily functions. They worked through the summer in long pants and sweaters, to keep the mosquitos away. He also got into some trouble with the police during his trip to Utah, which resulted in a $75 US fine and a pair of soiled trousers. He said he had a vision in which the sky was lit up with a white radiance, and the voice of God told him that the outcropping on which Roch was about to kneel was a holy place. Don't you have any balls? When two police officers showed up at the compound, however, Thriault repelled them. Thriault wanted to bury her at the foot of the "Eternal Mountain," but she was taken by the authorities for an autopsy. Gabrielle, however, did not. We are happy to say that the Serial Killer Trading Cards are back! Franois, along with his brother Roch-Sylvain, gave an exclusive interview to QMI Agency Friday night about his father, who led a religious cult in Quebec and Ontario during the 1980s. He then made another member, Gabrielle Lavalle, stitch her up. On September 29, 1988, a female member (Solange Boilard) died following an operation by Moses for a stomach ache. However, Rock did succeed in concealing the birth of two more children, as well as hiding all knowledge of Solange's death from her family and from the police. Sect of roch Thriault - Cults. Then life at the commune went back to "normal.". It is also packed with unusual trivia, exclusive interviews and much more. He taught himself the work of the Old Testament and the idea the end of the world was coming manifested. He had undergone treatment for depression at l'Hpitale Robert Giffard, the same hospital that had declared Thriault "mentally sound." This wasn't entirely successful; Jose Pelletier left Rock for good in the winter of '88-'89. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) [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. SERIAL KILLER MAGAZINE is an official release of the talented artists and writers at SerialKillerCalendar.com. Thriault rationed the food, and if anyone complained about anything (like hunger), he would punish them by restricting their rations. Veer, of course, was not invited; his job was to look after those three outsider children. A few nights later, Nicole Ruel (whom Roch had married to the uninterested Jacques Fiset) confided that she and Mose had had intercourse while everyone else was working. It is very true that I nibble, a damnable fault which I will never again repeat. Theriault's drinking and increasing paranoia made him convinced believers were spying on him and were considering leaving what he believed was his perfect cult. 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. Thriault remembered that Gabrielle had a stiff pinky finger (the one that he hadn't already cut off with the wire cutters), and told her to put her hand on the kitchen table. This hurt Gisle immeasurably and she fled from the cabin, but an enraged Thriault pulled her down and squeezed his hands around her throat. Rock roughly tried to insert an enema tube into Solange's rectum; the enema fluid was a mixture of molasses, oil, and water. Theriault was 63 years old when he was murdered in prison by his cellmate Matthew MacDonald. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Roch did nothing to stop them, but made it clear that Faucher was evil in the eyes of God. Paranoid that his followers were conspiring against him he later forbade them from talking to each other without his permission. In fact, at one point during the retreat, Thriault went hiking by himself, and climbed up on a rocky outrcopping. Sometimes Gisle would become jealous of the attention the girls lavished on Roch; but as he had expressed interest in becoming a priest, and had committed to total sobriety, she came to regard this as absurd even if she realized it wouldn't take much for Thriault to seduce any one of them. The one exception was Maryse Grenier, the outsider. Leading them to the bakery, he cleared off the table, and Solange undressed herself and lay down. Lavalle's report allowed further investigation into Thriault's actions, exposing the wider abuses at the communes and Solange Boilard's murder. You're going to be all right." Roch Thriault ([k te.jo]; May 16, 1947 - February 26, 2011) was a Canadian cult leader and convicted murderer. I don't know if parole has ever been granted, but the prison staff always spoke very highly of Thriault. In a move he said would keep his followers safe, Theriault moved the commune from Quebec to a mountainside he named Eternal Mountain. He also removed 8 of her teeth. Did no one check the corpse? In 1989 one of his followers, Solange Boilard, was suffering from stomach problems. The "official version" is the one that was given in court by Thriault, Guy Veer, and most of the commune members. In fact, Rock had so brainwashed his followers into thinking only negative thoughts about their parents that some of them begged him not to make them call. Provincial authorities had long-held suspicions about Thriault's cult due to the particularly primitive living conditions of its membership, but because the commune was officially registered as a church, officials were legally unable to investigate the adults, and could not do much except ensure the welfare of the children. But when the apocalypse didn't come his iron grip of the believers began to slip and they questioned his teachings. This was not unusual, and . It was fatal. MADHATTERDESIGN@GMAIL.COM, FORBIDDEN PHOTOS OF A LADY ABOVE SUSPICION, MIKADROID: ROBOKILL BENEATH DISCO CLUB LAYLA, MOH - INCIDENT ON AND OFF A MOUNTAIN ROAD, ARTICLE "THE ICEMAN" RICHARD LEONARD KUKLINSKI, Like old school VHS Covers? But Thriault's place in the hearts of his followers was much too deep for family or friends to displace. Solange Boilard's body was exhumed and properly laid to rest. On September 28, 1920, a Chicago grand jury indicts eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series. Thriault was arrested for assault in 1989, dissolving the cult, and was convicted for murder in 1993 for the death of follower Solange Boilard. Gabrielle hadn't cried out the whole time. I don't know what to think about everything and the meaning of my actions. MacDonald stabbed him to death with a shiv a make-shift jailhouse knife and told guards after: That piece of s*** is down on the range. Then he had someone else sew her wound closed, and Solange got up. He stopped working, again using his aching guts as an excuse. Victoria County, however, had different ideas about welfare than they had in Qubec. In 2009, they published a book about their experience. Everyone pleaded guilty to all charges laid against them relating to Gabrielle's amputation; Rock netted twelve years (later reduced to ten years because of Rock's "genuine remorse and concern for the victim" in the words of the court), Jacques five years, Chantal two years less one day, and Nicole eighteen months. Rock established a new hierarchy for the group, assigning each of his wives different responsibilities. Their sentence was to be banned from shopping in Linsday ever again. Obituary: Adelard "John" Boilard. He ordered his wives to pluck Claude's pubic hair bald. He had Jaques cut off half of Gabrielle's left baby finger with a pair of wire cutters. U.S. News Solange Boilard Dark Poutine podcast recap: Roch Thriault and the Ant Hill Kids Thriault was a self-proclaimed prophet who went by the name of Mose or Moses and he founded the. I saved myself from Royal life, Harry says & insists 'sharing's an act of service', Love Island's Olivia Hawkins breaks silence as she returns to the UK, Loose Women star lined up to be Strictly's first contestant in wheelchair, Coronation Street fans horrified as Amy Barlow is raped in disturbing scenes, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Rock also hooked up with polygamist Alex Joseph of Big Water, Utah though Joseph didn't much like Rock's attitude. Sex abuse was rife as was being made to eat their own faeces. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. He becomes the first player since 1930 to hit .400. Chantal Labrie's parents obtained a court order for a round of psychiatric tests for their daughter. Roch "Mose" Thriault (born May 16, 1947) is the charismatic former leader of a small religious group based near Burnt River, Ontario, Canada. He was born on May 15, 1934, a son of . In addition to the assault of Lavallee, Thriault was also sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife Solange Boilard, on whom he performed a horrifically crude surgery when she was suffering from what's thought to have been appendicitis. Rock attempted to fix it himself, punching the uterus back inside Gabrielle's body and fashioning a wooden cone and truss to plug everything up. Find the obituary of Pauline Boilard (1931 - 2021) from Bristol, CT. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. Eventually, Thriault's finances gave way, and the local credit union repossessed his Thetford Mines residence; Francine washed her hands of Roch, and Roch took up with Gisle. Gabrielle thought that this would be an act of mercy for the infant. MyKawartha Article: Former Burnt River cult leader killed in jail . "The investigation is ongoing and to date no charges have been laid," said RCMP Sgt. They, the commune, would become God's chosen, but only if they made a righteous life for themselves in the scrub of these Appalacian foothills. Rock's next treatment was to tie a piece of string around the exposed portion of uterus and yank at it like a loose tooth. At one point, Gabrielle's uterus prolapsed; after a hard day of working, the organ actually protruded three inches outside her vagina. The procedure in question occurred after an Ant Hill Kid named Solange Boilard complained of a stomachache. When Boilard did not return to life, her corpse was buried a short distance from the Ant Hill Kids' commune. In 1993, Thriault pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the death of Solange Boilard, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Veer lost his temper, and started screaming at the child to be quiet. The members of the group distributed themselves between four apartments in Qubec City, to be near their leader. Make a life-giving gesture Roch Thriault was released in February of 1984. The organization was dismantled and survivors sought to undertake healing as best they could. The cult leader had 22 children with women he held under his sway. [6] The Ant Hill Kids raised money for living by selling baked goods, and members who did not bring in enough money were also punished. 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. July 26, 1989, Rock became drunk. I am very well and very happy to belong to a REAL MASTER who himself belongs to the only real Master of Life. He was sentenced to life . Thriault, along with Robert Pickton, Clifford Olson and Paul Bernardo, has been considered one of Canada's most notorious criminals since the 1980s.[2]. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Jacques Fiset and Claude hacked at the ground with a shovel and pickaxe where the center of the cabin would be, working all summer to dig a well; when they finally reached the water-table, Roch declared it a miracle. He stuck a hypodermic needle in her back with an unknown concoction in it, and twisted it so the tip broke off under her skin. She cleared away a narrow band of exposed bone that went all the way around Gabrielle's arm. Meanwhile, Thriault was ingratiating himself to the doctors. [7], Over time, Thriault's punishments became increasingly extreme and violent, including making members break their own legs with sledgehammers, sit on lit stoves, shoot each other in the shoulders, and eat dead mice and feces. Nicole (Chainey) Boilard, 78, of Chicopee, passed away on April 16, 2021, surrounded by her loving family, after a long-fought battle with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. Texas cult convict murdered, served time for beating death of girl and sex abuse of boy Failed prophecies and predictions don't deter Christian fundamentalists from spreading doomsday message Warning: This story contains details that may be disturbing to some readers. I understand it very well because of the Law of Death in which it exists, but within myself I am well. And I don't speak lightly. Anyone who hinted they wanted to leave was severely punished. I ask that you forgive me. To make money, Thriault began selling Adventist literature door-to-door. He also designed a horse-drawn treadmill to mill water from a spring on a neighbouring concession. He then ordered another follower to stitch up the wound with a needle and thread. He was sentenced to life in prison and remained incarcerated until his death, in February of 2011. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-cult-leader-kills-one-of-his-followers. Theriault, the leader of the most bizarre and violent cult in Canadian history, often physically abused his followers. She returned and as punishment, Theriault held her down and hacked off her arm. 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. He called them the "Ant Hill Kids" because they worked together like a nest of ants. At his trial in 1993, even more horrific tales came to light. On the other hand, Thriault felt that now Veer was a security risk, and enjoyed tormenting him, beating him, and playing games in which he would instruct his followers to pierce Veer through the chest with knives and bleed him to death only to call them off, like God called off Abraham from sacrificing Isaac, at the very last minute. They found no signs of foul play, but Thriault swore that if anyone else died on the commune, their body would stay there. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. The police also pressed charges against Rock for first degree murder, but when the Court found there was insufficient evidence that the murder had been premeditated, Thriault was committed to a trial for second degree murder. Theriault was finally arrested in 1989 for abuse after Gabrielle escaped for a second time.
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