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Wednesday February 3, 2010
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
The Beagleys could face a maximum of 10 years in prison. Because the two have no prior convictions, the normal sentencing range under state sentencing guidelines would be 16 to 18 months in prison. The Beagleys are the first Oregon parents convicted of homicide in the faith-healing death of a child since the state legislature eliminated spiritual treatment as a defense in such cases in 1999.
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Sunday January 31, 2010
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
Prosecutors said Neil Beagley’s fate was sealed when he was born. His undetected medical condition caused urine to back up into his body and eventually destroyed his kidneys. He also was born into a family that believed using medical doctors showed a lack of faith in God. The key question facing jurors is this: What would a reasonable person have done?
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Friday January 29, 2010
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
Nearly two weeks of testimony ended Thursday in the trial of Jeffrey and Marci Beagley, who are charged with criminally negligent homicide for failing to provide medical care to their 16-year-old son. Neil Beagley died in June 2008 of complications from a congenital urinary blockage that had never been treated. The family belongs to the Followers of Christ, an Oregon City church that relies on faith healing rather than medical care.
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Thursday January 28, 2010
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
Jeff Beagley told an Oregon City jury Wednesday that despite staying home from work the June 2008 day his 16-year-old son died, spending the whole night before awake talking to Neil, carrying his ill son to the bathroom and family members coming to pray over Neil, he didn’t think Neil’s condition was bad enough that his life was in danger. The family is part of the Oregon City-based Followers of Christ Church, which believes in faith healing and has seen more than 80 children laid to rest in its Oregon City church cemetery. [video]
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Wednesday January 27, 2010
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
The defense in the faith-healing trial in the June 2008 death of 16-year-old Neil Beagley began its case Monday with a medical expert witness who said the teen’s symptoms weren’t necessarily so bad that a reasonable person would think he could have died. » Full Story
Friday January 22, 2010
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
Prosecutors won the right Wednesday to introduce evidence from a previous faith-healing death in the extended family of Jeffrey and Marci Beagley, whose teenage son died in June 2008 from an untreated medical condition. The Beagleys also were present when their 15-month-old granddaughter, Ava, died March 2, 2008, at the home of their daughter Raylene Worthington and her husband.
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Thursday January 14, 2010
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
Jury selection in the faith-healing trial in the death of 16-year-old Neil Beagley took place this week, with the trial likely to begin on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The parents are member of a church that has left a trail of dead children in its wake.
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Monday January 11, 2010
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
How can teenage children make informed decisions if they’ve never been to a doctor, have no understanding of their condition and have been raised to reject medical treatment? Do children have the right to refuse medical care? How much responsibility do parents have for the health of teenage children?
These questions may be answered when yet again two members of the Followers of Christ Church cult will stand trial in the death of a child
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Friday December 18, 2009
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
A judge declined Monday to dismiss charges against Jeff and Marci Beagley of Oregon City, who are accused of criminally negligent homicide in the faith-healing death of their teenage son, Neil. The Beagleys are members of a cult-like church that has left a trail of dead children in its wake.
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Wednesday October 8, 2008
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
The prosecution of an Oregon couple who allegedly tried to heal their dying son with prayer has focused attention on laws that, in some cases, allow parents to treat their children with faith.
Jeffrey Dean Beagley, 50, and Marci Rae Beagley, 46, pleaded not guilty on Friday to criminally negligent homicide charges in the death of their son, 16-year-old Neil Jeffrey Beagley.
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Jeffrey Dean Beagley, 50, and Marci Rae Beagley, 46, pleaded not guilty on Friday to criminally negligent homicide charges in the death of their son, 16-year-old Neil Jeffrey Beagley.
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Sunday October 5, 2008
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
Neal Beagley, 16, died because of bladder complications nearly four months ago. Authorities said his parents belong to the Followers of Christ Church, a religion relying on prayer in place of medical care.Several of the Beagleys’ relatives attended the arraignment, including their daughter, Raylene Worthington and her husband, Carl, whose 15-month-old daughter died under similar circumstances in March. The Worthingtons are awaiting trial on charges of manslaughter and criminal mistreatment.
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Wednesday June 18, 2008
Faith Healing • Followers of Christ (Oregon) • Neil Jeffrey Beagley:
A 16-year-old boy whose parents rely on prayer instead of medical care died Tuesday following an illness marked by stomach pains and shortness of breath, Gladstone police said.
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- Teen from faith-healing family dies
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