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An Oregon City man convicted of criminal mistreatment in the faith-healing death of his young daughter was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail and ordered to provide medical care for his other children.
The jury forewoman in the trial of an Oregon couple acquitted of manslaughter in their daughter's pneumonia death says she felt the pair were "loving people" who didn't mean to harm the 15-month-old girl.
Lawyers on Tuesday gave sharply contrasting biographies of a 15-month-old Oregon girl whose parents believe in faith healing and are charged with manslaughter in her death.
A 15-month-old girl whose parents' church shuns doctors in favor of faith healing appeared to be malnourished after her death from pneumonia, a deputy medical examiner testified in the manslaughter trial of her parents.
Most states have child abuse laws allowing some religious exemptions for parents who shun medicine for their sick children, but a few recent cases highlight thorny legal issues for parents following less-recognized faiths.
Authorities say a teenager from a faith-healing family died from an illness that could have been easily treated, just a few months after a toddler cousin of his died in a case that has led to criminal charges.
A couple whose church preaches against medical care are facing criminal charges after their young daughter died of an infection that authorities said went untreated.
Faith healing on the US taxpayer: should US health insurers fund spiritual healing?Should US health insurers fund spiritual healing? As members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives slug it out over issues like government-funded health insurance, clauses that could force health insurers to pay for religious and spiritual healing have slipped int …
Religions that rely on prayer to heal add twist to health care reform debateGetting lots of attention in the health care reform debate: the idea of requiring nearly all Americans to get insurance coverage.
Parents to be tried in child's prayer deathWhen 2-year-old Kent Schaible became ill in January, his parents did what they always did: They prayed. Herbert and Catherine Schaible prayed for 10 days, and when Kent did not improve, they called their pastor to pray with them. When that failed, they called the funeral home.
Wisconsin couple given jail terms for relying on prayers to save dying daughter An American couple in Wisconsin who prayed rather than seeking medical care for their 11-year-old dying daughter were sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years' probation for second-degree homicide.
Another 'Faith-Healing' Case of Negligence. Teen Dies of Ruptured Appendix While Wishful Parents Stand ByThe day his son died, Greg Swezey told sheriff's investigators he knew Zakk would die 10 or 15 minutes before the teenager passed away.
Dad Who Prayed for Sick Girl Found Guilty in Her DeathA Wisconsin jury has found a father guilty of killing his daughter by praying instead of getting her medical care.
Father on trial in girl's faith-healing death - Crime & courts- msnbc.comFamily prays instead of take daughter to hospital, believing that, according to the Bible, healing comes only from God. Apparently, God let them down this time.
Parents in faith-healing case never considered calling a doctorAva came down with what appeared to be a cold or the flu on a Tuesday. By Saturday, her breathing became labored and the family turned to its traditional faith-healing rituals, praying, fasting, anointing the body with oil, administering diluted wine and laying on of hands.
Courts face new challenges in faith healing casesMost states have child abuse laws allowing some religious exemptions for parents who shun medicine for their sick children, but a few recent cases highlight thorny legal issues for parents following less-recognized faiths.
Mother found guilty in Wausau prayer death caseA jury Friday found a central Wisconsin mother guilty of killing her 11-year-old daughter by praying for her to heal instead of rushing her to a doctor.
Heal or heel? While the Bible shows that God can heal people supernaturally, claims of particular faith-healers should be examined.Christopher Fogle, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, loved to fish. It was a break from his fast-paced, 25-year career with the Perkins Restaurant chain.
Should Universal Health Care Cover Faith Healing? Lobbying may be the one remaining recession-proof industry, and as Washington prepares for a summer-long debate over how to reform health care, lobbyists for every conceivable interest group have camped out in congressional anterooms to press their case.
Religious patients more likely to get intensive life-prolonging care - CNN.com"Religious copers may decide to undergo therapies with high risks and uncertain benefits because they trust that God could heal them through the proposed treatment," the study authors wrote.
Faith factor - Can faith really work miracles and heal the body?Excerpt: ANNA is a beautiful expatriate lady who has fallen in love with Malaysia. She loves our people and our culture so much that she often wears the baju kurung. She was even featured in a local magazine wearing a resplendent white designer piece.
Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith Over MedicineAbout a month after Kara's death last March, the Marathon County state attorney, Jill Falstad, brought charges of reckless endangerment against her parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann.
Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith Over MedicineWESTON, Wis. — Kara Neumann, 11, had grown so weak that she could not walk or speak. Her parents, who believe that God alone has the ability to heal the sick, prayed for her recovery but did not take her to a doctor.
Church, lawmaker seek to clarify faith healing statute The Church of Christ, Scientist in Wisconsin and state Sen.
Faith Healing Parents Assert Religious Rights After Letting Daughter DieA Clackamas County, Ore., couple accused of letting their infant daughter die by relying on prayer, rather than medicine, today asked that the charges be dropped, arguing that they infringe on their freedom of religion and their right to raise their children in their own way.
Parents In Faith Healing Death Arrested"]The mother and father of a teenager who died in June turned themselves in Thursday to face charges of criminally negligent homicide."
Faith Healing Kills Easily Cured TeenAuthorities say a teenager from a faith-healing family died from an illness that could have been easily treated, just a few months after a toddler cousin of his died in a case that has led to criminal charges.
Autopsy: Teen died from treatable conditionGLADSTONE, Ore. - A 16-year-old boy who, along with his parents, believed in faith healing died as a result of an inflammation in his urinary system that is treatable, a deputy medical examiner said Wednesday.
Teenage boy from faith-healing family diesGladstone Police are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy, whose family belongs to a faith-healing church in Clackamas County.
Faith Healing, from Jesus to NeurotransmittersFaith is too vast a subject to generalize about, -- its effects are indisputably not "New Age nonsense," unless you want to call Jesus nonsense. When he performed healings, he ascribed them to the faith of the one being healed, not to his own miraculous powers.
Parents are charged in faith healing death of their 11 year old daughter. Parents who prayed as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes will be charged with second-degree reckless homicide, the Marathon County district attorney said Monday.
Charges possible in the faith healing death of an 11 year old Wisconsin girlA local police official said Friday that charges are possible against the parents of Madeline Kara Neumann, the 11-year-old girl who died of complications from untreated diabetes.
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