NEW HARTFORD, NY -- The door to the Word of Life Christian Church was unlocked, and the gates to the parking lot were wide open.

These photos were taken Tuesday afternoon, at least 12 hours after police tactical squads had made entry into the building.

The church is the site of two assaults, one of them fatal, against the teenage sons of Deborah and Bruce Leonard -- church members who are now facing manslaughter charges. Four other church members were also arrested, and more arrests are expected.

The teens were beaten to compel their "confessions" to perceived sins by the church members, police say. They were beaten for hours after Sunday services, police said.

Lucas Leonard, 19, was killed, and his brother Chris Leonard, 17, was seriously injured.

Neighbors who lived near the church for years said they rarely, if ever, saw the gates opened, and they had never been inside. They also said the church was selective and never allowed in visitors.

Past the gate into the parking lot are glass doors, which have white lettering that says, "Welcome to Word of Life Christian church."

Inside the church are two small areas cordoned off by police tape, including one in front of bathrooms and another in front of a dark hallway. The rest of the building, however, was not blocked off, allowing free access through various rooms in the church.

Side rooms appeared to have been abandoned in a hurry. In a break room, cold coffee, half-eaten sandwiches and other perishables sat on countertops. Along the back wall, children's names were written in marker at differing heights.

A music room alongside it contained expensive musical instruments and wide-open notebooks, opened to pages containing apparent notes on the church's religious teachings.

At the bottom of one page, the notebook says, "Whether I agree or not, don't quit praying. Be VERY!! careful. Ask God to show me His heart on the matter."

The church's main sanctuary, a high-ceilinged room with a modest podium at one end, was sparsely decorated, save for a few Biblical depictions, scriptures and copies of the Declaration of Independence and words from Thomas Jefferson.

The rest of the building, which is an old school house, was inaccessible.

