http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:49:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26535/dead-children-of-faith-healing-pastor-and-his-wife-had-been-beaten-starved http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26535/dead-children-of-faith-healing-pastor-and-his-wife-had-been-beaten-starved#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26535 Police in South Korea arrested a pastor and his wife Saturday after three of their four children were found dead.

The couple has been detained on suspicions of assaulting and starving their children to death]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26535/dead-children-of-faith-healing-pastor-and-his-wife-had-been-beaten-starved/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26530/oregon-faith-healing-couple-charged-in-sons-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26530/oregon-faith-healing-couple-charged-in-sons-death#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:11:11 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26530 Just one day after parents in Washington were charged in the faith healing death of the teenaged son, an Oregon couple belonging to the same church have been arrested in the faith healing death of their 16-year-old son.

They belong to a church is known for its unbiblical teachings beliefs regarding faith healing.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26530/oregon-faith-healing-couple-charged-in-sons-death/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26527/parents-charges-in-faith-healing-death-of-teenage-son http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26527/parents-charges-in-faith-healing-death-of-teenage-son#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:15:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26527 Parents in Carlton, WA who police say unsuccessfully tried to faith-heal their son back to health have been charged with second-degree murder.

The charges against Gregory P. Swezey, 47, and Garnet JaLea Swezey, 45, in Okanogan County Superior Court come nearly three years after Zachery, 17, died of a burst appendix at their home on March 18, 2009.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26527/parents-charges-in-faith-healing-death-of-teenage-son/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26397/oregon-sheriff%e2%80%99s-office-investigating-death-of-teen-involved-in-faith-healing-church http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26397/oregon-sheriff%e2%80%99s-office-investigating-death-of-teen-involved-in-faith-healing-church#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:42:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26397 An Oregon Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy whose cause of death is unknown and whose family belongs to General Assembly and the Church of the First Born -- a church that believes illnesses and injuries should be treated with prayer rather than medical care.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26397/oregon-sheriff%e2%80%99s-office-investigating-death-of-teen-involved-in-faith-healing-church/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26378/ex-bethel-school-of-supernatural-ministry-student-not-at-fault-in-fall http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26378/ex-bethel-school-of-supernatural-ministry-student-not-at-fault-in-fall#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:57:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26378 A Shasta County, California, judge has ruled in favor of a former Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry student who was sued by a man alleging she and a friend pushed him off a cliff and then, thinking he was dead, tried to faith-heal him back to life rather than call Redding police.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26378/ex-bethel-school-of-supernatural-ministry-student-not-at-fault-in-fall/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26275/faith-healing-couple-sentenced-to-more-than-six-years-in-prison http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26275/faith-healing-couple-sentenced-to-more-than-six-years-in-prison#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:55:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26275 The parents of a newborn who died while they and Followers of Christ members prayed for him to be healed have received the maximum jail terms allowed by law and three years of post-prison probation following their conviction on manslaughter charges.

Dale and Shannon Hickman, who are members of the controversial church and are related to the founder, were both sentenced to six years and three months in prison.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26275/faith-healing-couple-sentenced-to-more-than-six-years-in-prison/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26212/jurors-in-faith-healing-trial-say-evidence-overpowered-a-weak-defense http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26212/jurors-in-faith-healing-trial-say-evidence-overpowered-a-weak-defense#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:52:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26212 Jurors deliberated less than four hours and their verdict sent another resounding warning to the members of the Hickmans' church, the Followers of Christ, that failing to provide medical care to critically ill children is unacceptable and will be punished.

The 'faith healing' church has a long history of children dying from treatable medical conditions.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26212/jurors-in-faith-healing-trial-say-evidence-overpowered-a-weak-defense/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26210/jury-convicts-dale-shannon-hickman-of-manslaughter-in-faith-healing-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26210/jury-convicts-dale-shannon-hickman-of-manslaughter-in-faith-healing-trial#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:03:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26210 Dale and Shannon Hickman have been convicted of second degree manslaughter in the death of their newborn son. Members of the Followers of Christ church, they elected to attempt faith healing rather than get their son medical aid.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26210/jury-convicts-dale-shannon-hickman-of-manslaughter-in-faith-healing-trial/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26202/followers-of-christ-rift-over-medical-care http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26202/followers-of-christ-rift-over-medical-care#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:52:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26202 Following testimony Tuesday in the latest case involving the death of a child whose parents are members of Followers of Christ -- a controversial Oregon City church -- a decades-old rift in the tight-knit religious group over using modern medicine has come to the forefront.

Several former church members left the church after seeing children die from illnesses that could have been remedied with medical care.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26202/followers-of-christ-rift-over-medical-care/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26200/jury-deliberates-fate-of-parents-in-faith-healing-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26200/jury-deliberates-fate-of-parents-in-faith-healing-case#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:29:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26200 Dale and Shannon Hickman are charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of their son, David, who was born two months early and lived less than nine hours.

They are members of the Followers of Christ, an Oregon City church that uses faith-healing rituals and rejects medical treatment.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26200/jury-deliberates-fate-of-parents-in-faith-healing-case/feed 0