He also moved his family back to Thetford Mines and began developing his skills with woodworking. Thriault would make another visit to Utah, this time to entrust his next baby, by Francine, to Joseph's care, so that it couldn't be taken by CAS. Thriault, a self-proclaimed prophet under the name Mose, founded the Ant Hill Kids in 1977. He became involved in municipal politics, and joined le Club Aramis, the French analogue to the Shriners, which he suborned for use as his personal platform for a parody of Catholicism, despite the Catholic roots of all the other members. It was broadcast in 2002, the same year the National Parole Board turned down his first bid for day parole. 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(n.d.).Local Community Forum and Information for Every Town, Village and Hamlet in Britain. He ordered his wives to pluck Claude's pubic hair bald. He broke Gisle's ribs with his steel-toed boots. Claiming to have the power of resurrection, Thriault bored a hole into Boilard's skull with a drill and then had other male members (along with himself) ejaculate into the cavity. This was not unusual, and Gisle, Claude, Francine, and Marise all managed to sneak away into the bush to hide. Matthew MacDonald of Port au Port, N.L., is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Roch Theriault. He was their Papy; his wife Gisle was their Mamy, and with the collective welfare checks of everyone in the group, they had a monthly budget of $1 400 Canadian. He once used a meat cleaver to chop off the hand and part of the arm of Gabrielle Lavalle, one of his concubines. Though most of the girls still living with their parents, the whole group would often spend the weekend crashing at Gisle's on the couch, on the floor, wherever there was space. Thriault was arrested for *ault in 1989, dissolving the cult, and was convicted for murder in 1993 for the death of follower Solange Boilard. One of Thriault's wives left a newborn child, Eleazar Lavalle, outside to die in freezing temperatures to keep him away from the abuse. "He was a shark," said Francois, "he needed to see blood." . He did have sex with his other "wives;" the rebellious Solange was the last to fall to his wiles. Thriault was called "father (papy)" and re-christened all members with biblical names. Theriault believed he could cure all illness so laid her on a table and punched her in the stomach before ramming a tube into her rectum and pouring olive oil molasses into it. [13][14][15] MacDonald pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison, having already been serving a life sentence for a previous murder charge. The Boilard family name was found in the USA, Canada, and Scotland between 1861 and 1920. 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"That night, July 26, 1989, he hacked off my right arm, not only my hand, he took off part of my right arm.". Within minutes, 32-year-old Solange Boilard, who complained of stomach problems, lay naked on a wooden table in one of the commune's log cabins. Roch Theriault was a twisted religious extremist who forced his brainwashed followers to endure a campaign of horrific abuse across two decades in Canada. 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. Claude Ouellette did the honours. [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. During his reign, Thriault mutilated several members. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. The trial lasted one hour, and the verdict was unanimous: Not guilty by reason of insanity. View Frances Boilard's record in Biddeford, ME including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Theriault believed he could cure all illness so laid her on a table and punched her in the stomach before. The county Children's Aid Society began watching the commune like hawks. So Rock encouraged his followers to hit up their parents. Gabrielle Lavallee, who had her right arm hacked off by Theriault in 1989, said yesterday he deserves to stay in jail forever. Then he decided to put on his jewelry. In addition to dealing with cases of altered consciousness and dissociative disorders, he was drawn to shamanism, and with the history of polygamy. After sending Jacques to fetch Gisle from her parents' house, he made a call to Dr Jess Groesbeck. In early November, 1980, Guy Veer joined the commune. He had one of his wives break Claude's legs with a sledgehammer. Roch Thriault ([k te.jo]; May 16, 1947 February 26, 2011) was a Canadian cult leader and convicted murderer. It was snowing, and the temperature was -10C (14F). He would get a small woodstove, a case of twenty-four bottles of home-brewed beer, two hens, a rooster, and one meal a day. This is the best deal on the site. The three-member National Parole Board panel also ordered Theriault, who called himself Moses, to undergo a series of psychiatric evaluations. . Claude kept it on overnight, which caused irreperable damage to his testicles which, of course, prompted Thriault to operate: he used a razor blade to cut open Claude's scrotum and plucked out an infected testicle with his fingers, then cauterized the wound with a hot piece of iron. In late February, Theriault was killed by a fellow inmate at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. This huge, perfect bound copy of SERIAL KILLER MAGAZINE is chock full of artwork, rare documents, trivia and in depth articles regarding serial murder. Thriault's response was to go and get another beer and go to sleep. But amazingly, he escaped justice and his vile reign of abuse stepped up a gear. If it is stealing, I did not realize it. Alert, vigorous, with a clear and lively spirit and well-balanced to serve you every moment of my life. Here, they opened the "Healthy Living Clinic," an alternative medicine venue where you could get organic foods and holistic literature to help you cure any ailment cash up front, of course. AUBURN - Adelard "John" Boilard, 86, passed away peacefully at home on July 24, 2020 with his family by his side. The persistent discomfort of his digestive system fostered a certain irritability on Thriault's part; he also became obsessed with medicine, and taught himself a great deal about anatomy. If a person wished to leave the commune, Thriault would hit them with either a belt or hammer, suspend them from the ceiling, pluck each of their body hairs individually, or even defecate on them. The alcoholic and delusional Theriault apparently thought he was driving the devil out of them. Thriault instructed Jacques Gigure, Maryse's husband in the eyes of the law (though not in the eyes of "Mose") to cut off one of her toes with an axe as punishment. His role was much more important for their spiritual salvation: impressing upon his followers that everyone in the outside world, most especially their families, were active oppressors of the righteous, who were doomed to lie dead for all eternity for the unforgivable harm they had inflicted upon these poor, innocent souls. Second, the constant police surveillance to which they had been subjected since Auclair's death. Credit Solution Experts Incorporated offers quality business credit building services, which includes an easy step-by-step system designed for helping clients build their business credit effortlessly. While Solange screamed in agony he then ripped her stomach open and pulled out part of her intestine with his hands. Gabrielle forced herself to remain conscious, and after forty-five minutes, Rock came back over to see that Gabrielle's whole arm had turned blue. The next morning, Samuel was found dead. She was born in Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada, on Jan. 27, 1943, the daughter of the late Armand and Rachel (Gardner) Chainey. At one point, Gabrielle's uterus prolapsed; after a hard day of working, the organ actually protruded three inches outside her vagina. After a year of having been forbidden to have relations with her pre-cult husband Jacques, Maryse Grenier, the only adult woman of the group Thriault hadn't taken as his own wife, was permitted to leave with two of her three surviving children a two year old and an infant. They reported that Roch's wedding ceremony was not what they expected, to say the least Thriault's rambling speech stressed the woman's role of subservience to the man. He was so drunk he kept dropping it on Gabrielle's body before he finally finished. By 10:45am, the baby was dead. In fact, at one point during the retreat, Thriault went hiking by himself, and climbed up on a rocky outrcopping. He was 63. He was found lifeless in his cell at Dorchester Penitentiary about 9 p.m., local time, said Etienne Chiasson of the CSC. Thriault designed and assembled a rough sawmill from a chainsaw, a snowmobile engine, and some bicycle parts. Everyone went back to the cabin, and Rock ordered a warm bath for her, filled with cherry. Even while he was in prison, three of his wives continued conjugal visits and two of the three bore him more children. 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. Join Facebook to connect with Solange Boilard and others you may know. Theriault, 57, was sentenced in 1993 to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Solange Boislard, a long-time member of the survivalist cult. Thriault maintained multiple wives and concubines, impregnating all female members as a religious requirement, and fathering 26 children. Gabrielle Lavalle was sentenced to nine months in jail and three years probation. Thriault was charming to young women and was a good speaker. Members were forced to break their own legs with sledgehammers and children being nailed to trees. He methodically sprained Claude's toes; another time he used a piece of broken glass to slice Claude's arm open. Theriault had earlier told the board he wanted to remain behind bars at the Dorchester Penitentiary near Moncton because he feared for his safety outside prison. Although a 59-year-old inmate, arrested in connection with the incident, was later released back into the prisoner population, RCMP say they expect that he will face charges shortly. Rock collected some fragments and put them in a jar with olive oil as a preservative. Boilard died the next day. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. . Rock also convinced Jacques that a birthmark she had looked like "666." During that time Theriault chopped off the hand of one of his concubines and killed another woman by disembowelling her during a cult ritual. Check out our sister site VHS WASTELAND. As the children were asked about conditions in the commune, more and more horrifying details were revealed. In April of 1978, Thriault was voted out of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, on Zita's initiative. Rock's lawyers made a deal that Rock would plead guilty to this charge if no further charges were brought against him. Rock also hooked up with polygamist Alex Joseph of Big Water, Utah though Joseph didn't much like Rock's attitude. Based on the testimony of former cult members, Thriault was probably delusional and may have actually believed he could do miracles. The charismatic cult leader had 22 children with women he held under his sway. Ever the conniving dictator, Theriault merely claimed time within the human plain and God's was different. They found no signs of foul play, but Thriault swore that if anyone else died on the commune, their body would stay there. Mostly shockingly he ordered them to break their own legs with sledgehammers, get them to sit on lit stoves and shoot each other in the shoulders. 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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. 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. Solange Boilard's body was exhumed and properly laid to rest. Pierre Zita tried approaching the parents of many of the girls, and tried to convince Gisle to leave Roch. Sometimes he would beat or whip his followers; sometimes he would strike them with the broad side of an axe, or with a hammer. Police are calling his death a homicide and a 59-year-old inmate at the penitentiary has been arrested in connection with the incident. Montreal - Francois Theriault, son of former cult leader, Roch "Moses" Theriault, said he wasn't surprised when he heard his father was found dead in his jail cell earlier this year. She returned to the cabin, only to find Thriault still drunk and itching to operate. He had undergone treatment for depression at l'Hpitale Robert Giffard, the same hospital that had declared Thriault "mentally sound." Thriault received a life sentence, which he was serving when he was murdered at Dorchester Penitentiary in 2011. Following the cult's formation, Thriault began to move away from being a motivational leader as his drinking problem worsened, becoming increasingly totalitarian over the lives of his followers and irrational in his beliefs. "He was a shark," said Francois, "he needed to see blood.". [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. 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. 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. He cut open her abdomen with a knife and ripped out part of her intestines with his bare hands. It was around this time that Roch Thriault discovered the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He was stabbed in the neck with a shiv and afterwards MacDonald walked up to prison guards and told them: That piece of s*** is down on the range. His death is believed to be the result of an altercation with his cellmate, Matthew Gerrard MacDonald, a 60-year-old convicted murderer from Port au Port, Newfoundland and Labrador, who was charged with the killing. 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. Roch Theriault fatally wounds Solange Boislard in Ontario, Canada. It only took a few beers to get him going on about the Master of Life and Death, the Good and Bad Creator. Victoria County, however, had different ideas about welfare than they had in Qubec. Roch Thriault ([k te.jo]; May 16, 1947 - February 26, 2011) was a Canadian cult leader and convicted murderer. This massive 8.5 x 11 perfect bound book contains over 150 pages of rare interviews, letters, documents, transcripts, art and articles about serial killer, Richard Ramirez (aka the Nightstalker). Date of murder: September 1988 Date of arrest: October 6, 1989 Date of birth: May 16, 1947 Perfil vctimas: Solange Boilard, 21 (his legal wife) Victim profile: Disembowelment while trying to perform surgery on her Location: Burnt River, Ontario, Canada Status: Sentenced to life in prison on January 18, 1993 [9] Boilard died the next day from the damage inflicted by the procedures. My body is very afraid of all these things. It was this that gave Theriault's cult its name, the Ant Hill Kids. He squeezed Gabrielle's hand in a vice. In fact, retreating into the woods for a couple of days became a common tactic for Claude, Gabrielle, Gisle and the others. A couple of days later, Thriault decided that Gabrielle's stump was gangrenous, and used a pair of scissors to cut out the infection. Paranoid that his followers were conspiring against him he later forbade them from talking to each other without his permission. A strange dynamic took hold of the group, with all the women (except Maryse Grenier, who hated being with the commune) competing for Rock's attention. And none of them dared question his demands, teachings and way of life. But when the apocalypse didn't come his iron grip of the believers began to slip and they questioned his teachings. "I guess I'll read more, On September 28, 1960, at Bostons Fenway Park, Red Sox star Ted Williams hits a home run in the last at-bat of his 21-year career. 4 Cults You Might Not Know About - Mental Floss. To commemorate their new life, Thriault gave them all new names from the Old Testament. He began eating meat and junk food. Theriault also demanded sex from all of the women members in an attempt to increase the number of cult members through children. Roch Theriault fatally wounds Solange Boislard in Ontario, Canada. 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. [Solange Boilard] ~ master of life and death In the fall of 1988, Solange . But in the end, on October 26, 1987, the court ruled that the children be made wards of the Crown. This only served as proof that the outside world was hostile to the group's way of life, and reinforced their alienation and isolation. All of the accused pleaded not guilty. The only condition: that her eldest daughter, the girl she had borne before her days with the cult and who was now nearing puberty, remain behind destined to become the next of Rock's wives. They erected a tent-town, spent a week retrieving tools from the cars, and then began construction on a large communal cabin. Blood began to pour out of the hand, but Rock just went to get another beer. He would also nail children to trees by their clothes, and tell the other children to stone them or knife them only to call them off at the very last minute, again playing God to the children's Abraham and Isaac. This massive perfect bound Ted Bundy collection includes art, articles, rare interviews, documents, letters, transcripts and the serial killers entire FBI file. 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. In the following months Theriault's delusions grew and he became convinced the world would end in 1979. He was 63. Allyson Ruby Boilard. Even when local businessmen began filing in to the police station to complain about Thriault's inability to pay outstanding bills, the police's hands were tied. Lavalle's report allowed further investigation into Thriault's actions, exposing the wider abuses at the communes and Solange Boilard's murder. [3] Thriault began to inflict punishments on followers that he considered to be straying, by spying on them and claiming that God told him what they did. Obsessed with anatomy and medicine, Theriault performed crude intestinal surgery on Boislard by slicing open her abdomen and ripping out a piece of intestine with his bare hands. Here's the knife, I've sliced him up.. He passed the acetylene torch over Jose's back until the skin bubbled. Every issue of Serial of Serial Killer Magazine we sell. Although he was having sexual congress with her on a regular basis, to keep up appearances he made a bed in the back of his truck, so that it would appear that his scruples forbade him from sleeping with a woman to whom he was not married. Thats well over 30 ebooks in one package. Theriault was 63-years-old and his doomsday cult was finally over. We pay for your stories! Gigure didn't like the idea, but Thriault called another vote anyway. ONTARIO, CANADA On September 28, 1988, Roch "Mose" Thriault, leader of a bizarre religious sect called the Ant Hill Kids, subjected one of his followers to insane and sadistic impromptu surgery that killed her. He had Jacques pound Gabrielle's thigh with a sledgehammer. 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. Thriault convinced Alex Joseph to perform a post-mortem marriage by proxy for himself and Solange, to make "official" what he had only recognized for himself: the marriage between "Mose" and "Rachel" and Joseph even threw in an ordination for Thriault, which named Thriault as king over Lot 4, Concession 5. Thriault received a life sentence, which he was serving when he was murdered at Dorchester. -- Cult leader Roch Theriault, who once used a meat cleaver to amputate the arm of a concubine, was denied parole yesterday on the grounds he represents an ongoing danger to society. There are two versions regarding what happened that night. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. His death is believed to be the result of an altercation with his cell mate, a 59 year- old man, who killed Theriault and has been arrested for the killing. It was a whole year before Gabrielle would have the opportunity to get a partial hysterectomy at the Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, when Rock was on his first trip to Utah. Mose declared all commune marriages, other than the one between himself and Gisle, void. He eventually ordered her to live apart from everyone else in her own hut with her own two children, until Rock later accepted her eldest daughter into the main group. 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. Believing himself to be a vessel of God and capable of curing all sickness, Theriault took matters into his own hands with devastating consquences. One night in February, 1987, Rock threw a hunting knife at Gisle, creating a wound three inches deep in her thigh which immediately began gushing blood. Roch-Sylvain said that although he understands how people could rejoice at the demise of his father, "I never wanted it to end this way.". Another member, Solange Boilard, was disemboweled and later killed. Roch convinced M Auclair to let him visit Geraldine in the hospital, where Roch got in a loud argument with the doctors over the matter of Geraldine's treatment particularly the amount of drugs they were giving her. Franois and Roch-Sylvain remember the disembowelling of Solange Boilard. Prognosis: negative. He then made another member, Gabrielle Lavalle, stitch her up. 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 Shockingly Theriault avoided prosecution until TWO years later. Gabrielle, however, did not. In 1978, Thriault was removed from Seventh-day Adventist Church. On January 31, 1985, a police officer caught Jacques Gigure shoplifting. Francine Laflamme (18) Then he masturbated into the hole, spilling his seed onto Solange's rotting brain, convinced he would be able to resuscitate her. On another occasion, he shot a .303-calibre bullet through her shoulder. But when the police arrived on August 19 with a warrant for Rock's arrest, the compound was deserted. I'm going to treat you tonight." In June, 1978, in spite of its financial success, the Healthy Living Clinic faced some serious problems. One member was killed by Theriault, who used a meat cleaver to remove eight teeth from her face and hand.
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