After the coroner determined that the group was criminally responsible for the death of Samuel Gigure, the police made the following charges. Join Facebook to connect with Solange Boilard and others you may know. She cleared away a narrow band of exposed bone that went all the way around Gabrielle's arm. Although the magazine takes this subject very seriously and in no way attempts to glorify the crimes describe in it, it also provides a unique collection of rare treats (including mini biographical comics, crossword puzzles and trivia quizzes). Allyson Ruby Boilard. It was around this time that Roch Thriault discovered the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Thriault's response was to go and get another beer and go to sleep. Everyone else was now strongly in favour. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. They would go back into the bush and start all over again: this time on Lot 4, Concession 5, in Somerville Township, Burnt River near the town of Lindsay, in Victoria County, Ontario. On September 28, 1920, a Chicago grand jury indicts eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series. Thriault rationed the food, and if anyone complained about anything (like hunger), he would punish them by restricting their rations. Not only was he making money in this enterprise, he was also attracting followers. Rock decided to operate, pressing the leg to cause the wound to re-open, probing it with a red-hot iron file, and pouring cup after cup of boiling water on the leg. The next day, she went to a women's shelter, but returned to the compound on prompting from Jacques. And in May of 1984, he moved the band to their new home, and began the construction of a new cabin, as isolated as their old home had been. We are now looking for artists, writers and interviewers to take part in the world famous Serial Killer Magazine. After sending Jacques to fetch Gisle from her parents' house, he made a call to Dr Jess Groesbeck. His followers wanted to stay together in the city, perhaps in a rented house. 1988 (September 29): One of Theriault's plural wives, Solange Boilard, complained of a stomach ache and was subjected to brutal and botched surgical operation by an inebriated "Moise." She died and was buried by his followers. He was so drunk he kept dropping it on Gabrielle's body before he finally finished. Though, it's strange that Solanges death circumstances only came to light one year later after Gabrielles escape. Roch Theriault was the leader of the doomsday cult dubbed the Ant Hill Kids, Roch with his Ant Hill kids, who looked like a hippy commune to the outside world, Roch originally wanted the cult to be a place where people could be treated as equals - but it soon took a sinister turn, While Roch lazed, his cult worked like ants, which earned them their nickname, Roch married every female member of the cult and fathered more than 20 children with his wives, The Ant HIll Kids moved for a second time, this time to Burnt River in Ontario, Roch, surrounded by the women of the cult, who all became his wives, None of his cult members questioned his demands, even when he forced them to break their own legs, Roch's chilling reign of abuse included child abuse and murder, By the end of his reign, Roch even believed he could bring people back from the dead. Solanges corpse was cremated, that's not something you can do yourself. Thriault, a self-proclaimed prophet under the name Mose [m.iz], founded the Ant Hill Kids in 1977. 2023 A&E Television Networks, LLC. Now believing himself to be a God-like being Theriault started performing surgeries on members of the cult even though he had no medical training. Another cult member, Gabrielle Lavallee the woman eventually repsonsible for ending his horrific rule was ordered to stitch Solange back together while the other women blew into a tube shoved down her throat. [6] Lavalle attempted to escape from the commune after Thriault cut off parts of her breast and smashed her head in with the blunt side of an axe, but upon her return he removed one of her fingers with wire cutters, pinned her hand to a wooden table with a hunting knife, and then used a cleaver to amputate her arm. Thriault formed the cult in 1977 in Sainte-Marie, Quebec with the goal to form a commune where people could freely listen to his motivational speeches, live in unity and equality, and be free of sin. He established them in Sainte-Marie, in the Beauce region, about 65km south of Qubec City. The film starred Luc Picard as Thriault and Polly Walker as Paula Jackson, the social worker whose investigation revealed the crimes. It was broadcast in 2002, the same year the National Parole Board turned down his first bid for day parole. On March 23, 1980, Thriault organized a party. All of our Serial Killer books are massive, 8.5" x 11" perfect bound editions. "Gisle" was one such a woman. 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. (cult leader Roch Theriault) (includes related article) (Cover Story) | HighBeam Business: Arrive Prepared", "Cult killer's prison art for sale on U.S. website", "Prison officials move to block sale of murderer's artwork", "Officials bring down gavel on murderer's art auction", "Inmate suspected in cult leader's death: RCMP", "Fellow inmate charged in cult leader's death", "Life sentence for murder of cult leader Roch Thriault", "Savage Messiah - European Premiere Screening", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roch_Thriault&oldid=1139764187, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 19:59. Joseph successfully stood up to Rock, and this made an impression on Rock's wives; someone had stood up to Mose and triumphed. One of Theriault's best-known victims, Gabrielle Lavallee, who had her hand chopped off by a meat cleaver, wrote a best-selling French-language account of her time with Theriault, "L'alliance de la brebis,'' or "The Alliance of Sheep,'' in which she denounces him as an incurable, sadistic psychopath. He poured boiling water on Claude; another time he made Claude sit down on a lit stove. The typical response, of course, was that the girls could have money, but only if they left Rock. The lowest of them all was Maryse Grenier; Thriault forbade Jacques and Maryse from sleeping together, and encouraged Jacques to beat her if she talked back to him or to Rock even though she was pregnant. But as Rock became less desperate to survive, he became increasingly bored. Roch convinced M Auclair to check the 38-year-old cancer patient Geraldine out of the hospital and into the Healthy Living Clinic, where even Geraldine's own father was not permitted to visit. 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Adelard Boilard found in 12 trees View all Roch Thriault ([k te.jo]; May 16, 1947 - February 26, 2011) was a Canadian cult leader and convicted murderer. But the chilling reality of life inside the doomsday cult, led by Theriault, was far more sinister. Thriault next claimed that he had the ability of resurrection. Cabrillo was not the first to search for a water passage across the North American continent, and read more, On September 28, 1901, Ed Sullivan, who will become the host of the long-running TV variety program The Ed Sullivan Show, is born in New York City. He was using his amateur wood sculpting sales as an excuse to go out of Thetford Mines for Qubec City on the weekends to carry on trysts with women he met there. Then he inserted a tube down her throat, and told everyone else to blow and suck on the tube. In 1989, Thriault was arrested for assault after Lavalle had fled the commune again and contacted authorities, effectively dissolving the Ant Hill Kids. Then life at the commune went back to "normal.". Find the obituary of Allyson Ruby Boilard (2004 - 2019) from Sabattus, ME. If you want to be a man, you have to learn how to teach your woman a lesson." Her body was found in 1989 at the cult's camp near Lindsay, Ont., 70 kilometres northeast of Toronto. This massive 8.5 x 11 perfect bound book contains over 300 pages of rare interviews, letters, documents, transcripts and artwork from historys most notorious killers. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. Solange Boilard (21) Chantal Labrie (19) Francine Laflamme (18) Nicole Ruel (20) "Marise" (18) Jose Pelletier (20) . 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. He fathered more than 20 children with nine mothers and the group's numbers swelled to 40. Roch did nothing to stop them, but made it clear that Faucher was evil in the eyes of God. With reports from The Associated Press and The Canadian Press, Roch Theriault is shown in this 1981 file photo. A television movie about his bizarre cult, which was modeled on Old Testament themes and attracted up to a dozen adult followers, was titled "Savage Messiah''. The vast majority of the cult's followers abandoned Thriault after his arrest, but during his imprisonment he fathered another four children with remaining female members during conjugal visits. Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368 . Jacques Fiset left; Thriault told the others he had been taken by the Devil. Random, Interesting, Amazing Facts - Fun Quizzes and Trivia - Mental Floss. 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. Gisle cried on a matress in the back, increasingly convinced that it had all been a way to cement his relationship with the Adventists with a display of sincerity. In their 300-page report, they celebrated Thriault's pioneering spirit and experimental attitude regarding sexual education. Between the five of them, they had lifted $453.37 in goods. Gabrielle would act as coroner, and Roch's other six wives would act as jury. With this, the systematic sex abuse of his female followers also became more profound but in addition to this, he began to exert control in ever increasingly sinister and violent ways. Francine Laflamme (18) They, the commune, would become God's chosen, but only if they made a righteous life for themselves in the scrub of these Appalacian foothills. The story of Theriault and Lavallee is told in Savage Messiah, a new TV movie airing on The Movie Network and Movie Central. He got Jacques to make a hole in Solange's skull with a hand drill. Then, he held a vote to determine whether Claude should be stoned to death for offending God; when that motion was defeated, Rock took up an acetylene torch and threatened to open Claude's stomach. "That night, July 26, 1989, he hacked off my right arm, not only my hand, he took off part of my right arm.". The most Boilard families were found in Canada in 1911. Revealed: Murder of Canadian cult leader who performed ritual killings and beat children to death | Ottawa Citizen. This was all built by his two male and nine female followers four of whom were pregnant, and all of whom were also responsible for the commune's ten children, ranging in age from one to fifteen. But when the police arrived on August 19 with a warrant for Rock's arrest, the compound was deserted. Roch Theriault's crimes centered around polygamy, living miracles, and religious themes. This was about 67% of all the recorded Boilard's in USA. Then he pulled out a strip of tissue, about four inches long and a quarter of an inch thick, and tore it off, telling her, "There. Thriault named the diminutive mound "Eternal Mountain," and it was here that the group made their home. He also passed it over Nicole's tummy the day she gave birth for the first time. I am very well and very happy to belong to a REAL MASTER who himself belongs to the only real Master of Life. Death Roch Thriault was found dead in his cell, February 26, 2011, at Dorchester Penitentiary, in New Brunswick. Sect of roch Thriault - Cults. He explained that in the hierarchy of the group, Veer was a slave, and that if he underwent the castration he would become a eunuch, which would be a step up. The alcoholic and delusional Theriault apparently thought he was driving the devil out of them. Thriault, along with Robert Pickton, Clifford Olson and Paul Bernardo, has been considered one of Canada's most notorious criminals since the 1980s.[2]. In the following months Theriault's delusions grew and he became convinced the world would end in 1979. Alert, vigorous, with a clear and lively spirit and well-balanced to serve you every moment of my life. Almost immediately the boys were subjected to their father's violent, drunken and sexual acts. We are happy to say that the Serial Killer Trading Cards are back! Second, the constant police surveillance to which they had been subjected since Auclair's death. It is also packed with unusual trivia, exclusive interviews with the both killers and experts in the field and more information that any other resource available to date. When she went back to her bed, blood started coming out of her mouth, and she died. "It's not looking so good, is it?" A couple of days later, Thriault decided that Gabrielle's stump was gangrenous, and used a pair of scissors to cut out the infection. In October, the six-months-pregnant "Mamy" Gisle went to "Mose." This only served as proof that the outside world was hostile to the group's way of life, and reinforced their alienation and isolation. Updated: Sep 28, 2020 / 11:39 AM EDT. Such was the power of Theriault's personality he ensured none of his followers blamed him for any of the abuse they suffered at his hands. 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. There are two versions regarding what happened that night. 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. Taking a dull meat cleaver, Thriault swung at the exposed bone. Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Jean Baptiste Boilard born 1645 Bournezeau, Fontenay-le-Comte, Poitou, France died 1737 Beaumont, Canada, Nouvelle-France including parents + descendants + 1 photos + 2 genealogist comments + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community. 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. He methodically sprained Claude's toes; another time he used a piece of broken glass to slice Claude's arm open. Before the cremation, he had Gabrielle remove one of Solange's ribs, which Rock kept in a leather wrapping to carry around with him. They were forbidden to go to the hospital. However, Rock did succeed in concealing the birth of two more children, as well as hiding all knowledge of Solange's death from her family and from the police. 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. Guy Veer was sentenced but later acquitted for mental incompetence and was returned to l'Hpital Robert Giffard. he said, fetching a carpet knife. In fact, at one point during the retreat, Thriault went hiking by himself, and climbed up on a rocky outrcopping. He would regularly masturbate into the jar, in his "sanctuary" and in his bedroom, in an attempt to bring Solange back to life through reverse birth. The "official version" is the one that was given in court by Thriault, Guy Veer, and most of the commune members. But in the end, on October 26, 1987, the court ruled that the children be made wards of the Crown. It was snowing, and the temperature was -10C (14F). When the family of other cult members tried to visit them to try to talk some sense into everyone, they were treated coldly and it was made clear they were unwelcome. 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. The organization was dismantled and survivors sought to undertake healing as best they could. click here. His home life wasn't getting any better, either. Veer signed it. Then, Rock dislodged the hunting knife which was pinning Gabrielle's arm to the table, and took her over to a stump that was sticking out of the kitchen floor. This was not unusual, and Gisle, Claude, Francine, and Marise all managed to sneak away into the bush to hide. 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.". To the shock and horror of the families of Thriault's followers, this was enough to keep the group together; after all, the end could come any day now. In April of 1978, Thriault was voted out of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, on Zita's initiative. 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. Each giant issue is perfect bound and chock full of true crime articles, artwork, letters, documents and more. The group was refused funding on the basis that the group constituted an institution, rather than a family. According to investigators the death was a homicide. Third, the cutting-off of health food and missionary literature supplies from their former friends, the Seventh Day Adventists. He squeezed Gabrielle's and Gisle's nipples with vicegrips until they bled. In late February, Theriault was killed by a fellow inmate at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. Rock Thriault, Jacques Gigure, Chantal Labrie, and Nicole Ruel, together with the two youngest babies, had fled to Qubec. Birth date: 26 August, 1958, Tuesday. 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Claude Ouellette (who burned the body) was charged with obstruction of justice. Recommended treatment: Move. It is chock full of artwork, rare documents, FBI files and in depth articles regarding serial murder. 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. The 1993 trial came to an abrupt end when Theriault pleaded guilty. They wandered from town to town, down the Fleuve Saint-Laurent, for a month. Even while he was in prison, three of his wives continued conjugal visits and two of the three bore him more children. 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. He was 53. This proved to be a success, and Rock organized the group into a company. My body is very afraid of all these things. Doomsday cults were now a household concern, and the families of Thriault's followers renewed their attempts to disrupt the group. Thriault explained that he had been having strange dreams in which Solange was inside Thriault's body; dreams in which Solange takes shape from Rock's spilt semen. After authorities learned about some of the activities at the ranch, they removed all of the children. "We knew that it was going to happen one day or another," he said, adding that what did surprise him was that his father hadn't been killed earlier. In 2009, they published a book about their experience. In 1993, Thriault pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the death of Solange Boilard, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Then in 1984 the Ant Hill Kids moved for the second time. Although Rock considered his children to be the children of God and the next generation of his religious following, their situation was utterly wretched. A week later, the wound was infected, Rock decided to fill the wound with salt, olive oil, and spruce gum. He cut open her abdomen with a knife and ripped out part of her intestines with his bare hands. Rock took a pair of scissors, and after sterilizing them in alcohol, he lanced Samuel's penis to permit urine to flow out.