An Ontario man kept his wife and four children confined in their home for years through intimidation and fear while cloaking abuse as protection that kept them healthy “in the eyes of the Lord.”

A jury in Owen Sound, Ont., found a father guilty of five counts of unlawful confinement — one count each for his wife and four children — along with sexual assault, threatening death, assault, and other charges.

The man’s family escaped their home with the help of police, and he was arrested the following day.

Court heard the confinement of his wife and one child, who is now an adult, lasted 17 years, while confinement of three younger children extended for their entire lives, ranging from six to 11 years.

The man kept them mostly indoors in homes in Bruce and Huron counties, two predominantly

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