Civil Rights Leader Hears Testimony by Daughter

The woman said her family's communal life included "meetings" and "informal classes" in which Bevel taught his philosophy of nonviolence and offered instruction on "overcoming shame and lust and guilt about sexuality."

As a young girl, she said, "I did see my father have sex with my mom. My only thought was they looked like a cricket."

Earlier, her mother, Helen Williams, said her former husband espoused a philosophy "that parents need to sexually orient their children."

But, she said, when Bevel once suggested she have sex with their son, "I was shocked and repulsed by the idea."

Hoffmann told the jury that the daughter called her father from the police station in 2005 "to get him to say" he had sex with her when they lived in Leesburg. But he never said that, she said.

"Every time [the daughter] asks him specifically about penetration, his answer was no," Hoffman said. "Every time [she] asks him specifically about intercourse, his answer was no."

In the end, Hoffman said, the jury must decide "is this a misperception, or was this misconduct?"