A man, who says members of a secretive North Carolina religious group held him down and beat him, wants the prosecutor kicked off his case, accusing the district attorney of siding with a church that dozens of former congregants have said abused them.

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A man who says he was held down and beaten by members of a religious group in North Carolina wants the prosecutor removed from his case

Matthew Fenner, who has waited over eight years for retrial, says District Attorney Ted Bell supports the religious group Word of Faith Fellowship that is accused of attacking him

Bell scheduled a trial during Fenner's medical residency interviews and refused to delay it. Bell denies these claims

Word of Faith is a religious group in Spindale, North Carolina, with strict rules for i

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