http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 27 May 2012 12:52:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26800/mother-convicted-in-faith-healing-death-of-9-year-old-son http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26800/mother-convicted-in-faith-healing-death-of-9-year-old-son#comments Sun, 27 May 2012 12:52:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26800 Susan Grady has been convicted on second-degree manslaughter in the faith healing death of her 9-year-old son, Aaron Grady.

Grady is a member of The General Assemblies and Church of the First Born church, a movement whose extremist teachings regarding faith healing have led to many unnecessary deaths.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26800/mother-convicted-in-faith-healing-death-of-9-year-old-son/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26797/jury-selection-starts-in-childs-faith-healing-death-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26797/jury-selection-starts-in-childs-faith-healing-death-case#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:17:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26797 In Tulsa, Oklahoma, the jury selection process is under way for the trial of a woman accused of relying on faith and prayer, rather than seeking medical care, to treat her 9-year-old son who died of diabetes-related complications.

Susan Grady is a member of the Church of the First Born -- a network of churches whose extremist teachings regarding faith healing have resulted in many unnecessary deaths. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26797/jury-selection-starts-in-childs-faith-healing-death-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26781/faith-healing-parents-acquitted-of-murder-charge http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26781/faith-healing-parents-acquitted-of-murder-charge#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:19:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26781 Gregory and Garnet JaLea Swezey have been found not guilty of second-degree murder in the death of their 17-year-old son.

They had been accused of relying on faith healing instead of getting their son proper medical attention]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26781/faith-healing-parents-acquitted-of-murder-charge/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26775/this-was-not-a-faith-healing-death-lawyer-tells-jury http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26775/this-was-not-a-faith-healing-death-lawyer-tells-jury#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:43:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26775 Gregory and Garnet Swezey of Carlton, Washington are on trial on charges of second-degree murder in the death of their 17-year-old son.

Their lawyer: if you ask the Swezeys what they would have done if they knew it was a ruptured appendix, and that their son was dying, “They both say, they don’t know."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26775/this-was-not-a-faith-healing-death-lawyer-tells-jury/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26773/faith-healing-trial-begins-for-church-of-the-first-born-members http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26773/faith-healing-trial-begins-for-church-of-the-first-born-members#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 22:35:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26773 The second-degree murder trial of a faith healing couple whose teenage son died of a burst appendix is underway.

17-year-old Zachary Swezey died of a burst appendix while his parents and other members of the Church of the First Born prayed for his recovery, and failed to call a doctor or ambulance.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26773/faith-healing-trial-begins-for-church-of-the-first-born-members/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26768/mother-spiritual-leader-convicted-of-neglect-in-teens-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26768/mother-spiritual-leader-convicted-of-neglect-in-teens-death#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 18:01:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26768 A decade-long court dispute over a child neglect case that spawned a legal battle over faith healing, ended Tuesday with two guilty convictions for the girls' mother and friend.

Sherman and Crank say they will appeal the conviction, and the case is expected to test Tennessee state laws that allow parents to make medical decisions based on their faith.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26768/mother-spiritual-leader-convicted-of-neglect-in-teens-death/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26754/jacqueline-crank-and-ariel-ben-sherman-faith-healing-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26754/jacqueline-crank-and-ariel-ben-sherman-faith-healing-case#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 11:46:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26754 Nearly ten years ago the mother and 'spiritual father' of a 15-year-old girl who died of bone cancer were charged for failing to heed advice from medical professionals and instead relying solely on faith healing.

The trial of Jacqueline Pearl Crank and her minister, Ariel Ben Sherman, has been now been set for May 8 in Loudon County Circuit Court.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26754/jacqueline-crank-and-ariel-ben-sherman-faith-healing-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26744/garnet-and-gregory-swezey-trial-starts-tuesday-in-faith-healing-murder-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26744/garnet-and-gregory-swezey-trial-starts-tuesday-in-faith-healing-murder-case#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:23:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26744 A Washington state law that allows faith healing for Christian Scientists but not other religions is not arbitrary, a judge has ruled.

The decision clears the way for the Tuesday start of a second-degree murder case against a couple whose son died three years ago.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26744/garnet-and-gregory-swezey-trial-starts-tuesday-in-faith-healing-murder-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26732/culture-shifters-miracle-healers-get-death-threats http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26732/culture-shifters-miracle-healers-get-death-threats#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:03:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26732 Grant Shaw, who leads the Pentecostal group Culture Shifters in Brisbane, said threatening emails would be forwarded by church members to police.

Parents and doctors were alarmed at YouTube videos showing Culture Shifters' members touching and praying with people on the streets.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26732/culture-shifters-miracle-healers-get-death-threats/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26721/children-of-parents-charged-in-faith-healing-death-of-son-become-wards-of-the-state http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26721/children-of-parents-charged-in-faith-healing-death-of-son-become-wards-of-the-state#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:34:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26721 Six siblings in Creswell, Oregon, became wards of the state as their parents await trial in connection with the faith healing death of their teenage son.

The family attends the General Assembly and the Church of the First Born in Pleasant Hill, which generally believes in using prayer instead of medical care to treat illnesses.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26721/children-of-parents-charged-in-faith-healing-death-of-son-become-wards-of-the-state/feed 0