Cultist pleads ‘not guilty9
The leader of a Eugene religious commune
pleaded innocent to a third-degree sodomy
charge Wednesday, saying the state is trying to
accuse him of the same "atrocious and notor
ious" act that brought fire and brimstone down on
the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
"This is an unrighteous charge," Thomas
Brown, 42, told Judge Frank Alderson in an
arraignment hearing at the Lane County District
Court
Brown was formally charged with sodomy
and sexual abuse involving a teenage girl Monday
after a Friday raid by state officials removed 12
children from two Christ Brotherhood houses
According to Eugene police and an inves
tigative report from the Children's Services Divi
sion, the charges are based on interviews with the
children taken into custody
There also are allegations of other sex crimes
committed by Brown in connection with the group
of about 50 men, women and children, but no
other formal criminal charges have been filed
against Brown
In the arraignment, Brown refused a court
appointed attorney, and refused to answer ques
tions about whether he wanted a preliminary
hearing before a trial.
"Do you want a preliminary hearing?" Alder
son repeatedly asked Brown
"That's not for me to decide," Brown told the
judge "Whatever is ordained by God
"That's not for me or him to say at this point,”
Alderson said "It's for you to say ”
A hearing was set for Oct 28 The hearing will
be cancelled if a Lane County Grand Jury inves
tigation returns an indictment before that date
After the arraignment, as Brown was sur
rounded by about 20 members of religious groups
and an array of cameras and tape recorders, he
said "it would be an honor” for him to go to jail,
but "I have no interest in becoming a martyr "
Brown said he and the Christ Brotherhood,
also known as the Messianic Brotherhood, moved
to Eugene six months ago because it is the
"mellowest and most pleasant" place for the
group's counter-culture emphasis
"Lane County is filled with people who are
concerned with nature, goodness and friend
ship," he said
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