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‘Using the bathroom in a bucket’: Florida pastor neglected 5 children left under her care, cops say
Florida pastor Gwendolyn Rolle faces five felony child neglect charges after police found five children in deplorable conditions, including no access to functioning bathrooms, starvation, and forced use of a bucket for sanitation. The children, aged 4 to 9, included two non-verbal siblings attending a special needs school and were left without basic hygiene or adequate food.
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