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Atlanta Journal-Constitution/May 14, 2002 -- By Bill Osinski
Eatonton --- The child molestation case against Nuwaubian leader Dwight York escalated Monday in state and federal court. In Eatonton, a Putnam County grand jury issued a 116-count indictment of the 56-year-old leader of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, a quasi-religious group whose 150 to 200 members live in a rural compound that features huge pyramids and a large gate covered with hieroglyphics. York was charged with 74 counts of child molestation, 29 counts of aggravated child molestation and related charges, including one count of rape. In Macon, an FBI agent testified at a bond hearing in U.S. District Court that authorities have identified as many as 35 victims, whose age at the time of the alleged crimes.