EATONTON - The leader of an Egyptian-themed religious group, who has been in federal custody for the past four months, pleaded innocent Friday to 208 child molestation counts. <br>
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Dwight York, the leader of the United Nuwuabian Nation of Moors, has been accused of repeated sexual molestation of the children of his followers, 200 of whom supported York at the courthouse. <br>
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Outside the courthouse, they chanted, ``God will make a way!'' and ``We love you!'' as York, dressed in a blue business suit, was led into a police van. <br>
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Superior Court Judge William Prior Jr. also agreed to move York's trial from Putnam County. Prior said he will name a county in a couple of weeks. <br>
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In 1993, York, 57, along with 100 or so of his followers in the quasi-religious sect, moved from Brooklyn, N.Y., to a 400-acre rural property in Putnam County. <br>
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An investigation began after police received anonymous tips that York was molesting children in the group. A May indictment charged him with 120 counts of child molestation and related crimes. That figure almost doubled in October. <br>
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York also has been indicted in federal court and charged with four counts of transporting children across state lines for the purposes of illegal sexual activity.
