Special prosecutor to get cases of man who says North Carolina religious group beat him in 2013

Special prosecutor to get cases of man who says North Carolina religious group beat him in 2013

A district attorney has turned over to a special prosecutor the criminal cases accusing members of a secretive North Carolina religious group of holding down and beating a one-time member 13 years ago. The victim asked a judge to kick District Attorney Ted Bell off the case just days before a retrial — that had been delayed for more than eight years — was about to start in December. Matthew Fenner said Bell sided with the Word of Faith Fellowshi…