Minister charged with enslaving children dies
GODWIN — John C. McCollum, the religious minister facing multiple criminal charges of forcing children to work for free in his fish markets in Cumberland County, died Wednesday.He was 67 and had congestive heart failure, said lawyer Allen Rogers, who was handling McCollum’s criminal defense. McCollum was asserting his innocence to charges that included involuntary servitude, conspiracy and obtaining property by false pretense, Rogers said.He had been living under […]
