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WATERLOO, Ill., Oct. 20 2009 (UPI) — A Christian television ministry shares responsibility for the death of an Illinois woman and her sons, allegedly killed by her husband, her family says.

Jack Carey, a lawyer representing the relatives of Sheri Coleman, filed an addition Monday to a lawsuit against Joyce Meyer Ministries, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday. Carey said the ministries might have been able to prevent the killings.

Christopher Coleman, who worked as security manager for the Ministries, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder. He allegedly strangled Sheri Coleman, 31, and their sons, Garett, 11, and Gavin, 9, May 5.

Previously, the Ministries was only a respondent-in-discovery, the newspaper said, which allowed lawyers for the plaintiffs to get information.

Coleman allegedly sent threats to himself and the Ministries before the killings in an effort to cast suspicion on someone with a grudge. The lawsuit says the Ministries did not report the threats to police, something its officials deny.

While it is not part of the lawsuit, Carey told the Post-Dispatch Coleman’s employer also knew he was having an affair, which he pursued during business trips.

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