(WAVY) Six brothers in Perquimans County and their parents havebeen charged in relation to the sexual abuse of a young girl for more than 10 years.

PerquimansCounty Sheriff Eric Tilley said thebrothers were arrested last Tuesday and charged with crimes related to raping a girl known to them beginning when she was 4 years old until she was about 15:

Eric Jackson, 27, was charged with three counts rape of a child, three counts statutory rape of a child less than six years old and three counts of sex offense.

Jon Jackson, 25, was charged with first degree sex offense.

Mathew Jackson, 23, was charged with five counts of rape of a child.

Nathaniel Jackson, 21, was charged with two counts of first degree sexual offense and three counts of statutory rape.

Benjamin Jackson, 19, was charged with fivecounts statutory rape.

Aaron Jackson, 19, was charged with five counts statutory rape.

(Photos provided by Perquimans County Sheriff Office)

During the time of the abuse, Tilley said the Jacksons lived with their parents, John, 65, and Nita, 54, who were also arrested Tuesday, each charged with felony child neglect.

Tilley said theinvestigation began in December 2012 when one of the brothers spoke with his pastor about the abuse and then confessed to the Perquimans County Sheriff Office.

ultimately got the first suspect to come see us, Tilley said about the pastor role in the case. how the case started. has known Eric, Jon Marc, and Matthew Jackson for about five years. Horn said Eric came to him in early 2012 and said he had something he needed to talk about regarding his family, but he wasn ready to go into the details.

Then, in December 2012, Eric went back to Horn andconfessed to the assaults on the victim.

really wanted the things in the family Cheap NFL Jerseys to be healed, because the family had problems, Horn explained. After the first meeting, Horn called the Perquimans County Sheriff Office himself and reported the situation; he explained, it the law for an adult to report the sexual molestation of a child, despite the fact that he a pastor.

Horn said he was honest with Eric about calling the sheriff office, and a few days later the two of them drove to Perquimans County whereEric confessed to a detective.

The sheriff said after that, Wholesale NFL Jerseys two other brothers confessed, and indictments took place on April 24.

One of the brothers allegedly told deputieshis mother witnessed the abuse on at least one occasion and walked away.

The victim, who is now 16 years old, is known to the the family.

The Jackson house on Chapano

family pretty much kept to themselves, said neighbor Bette Butler. they first moved here, we did have them to dinner a couple times. They seemed like a very normal people. family lives in a secluded house on Chapanoke Road. Tilley said the sons were home schooled and do not have much education.

have something like that with the kids and the little girl, I would have never in my life expected something like that, never, added another neighbor.