Judge sets date for trial of Nuwaubian leader

MILLEDGEVILLE - A judge has set a tentative date for the child molestation trial of Malachi York, leader of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors. <br> <br> Superior Court Judge William A. Prior Tuesday said the trial would be held in Covington or Griffin on January 13. <br> <br> The trial must be held before the third Monday in March because some of the defendants have filed motions for a speedy trial. <br> <br> Among the other counties mentioned as possible locations for the trial during a hearing last month were Fulton, Glynn, Bulloch and Chatham. <br> <br> York and four women are charged in a 208-count state indictment accusing them of sexually abusing children. <br> <br> An investigation into York&#39;s quasi-religious sect began after police received anonymous tips that York was molesting children in the group. <br> <br> A May indictment charged him with 120 counts of child molestation and related crimes. That figure almost doubled in October.

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