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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; St John Apostolic Faith Mission</title>
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		<title>Church unshackles patients following govt pressure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 01:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight mentally ill patients at the St John&#8217;s Apostolic Faith Mission Church in Etwatwa, east of Johannesburg, have been unshackled following pressure from the department of health. Earlier reports said church officials had shackled the patients as a means of curing them from their mental illness.
However, the shackles were removed following complaints lodged by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pastor: We had to chain them</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2004 23:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg - A church on the East Rand has apparently been keeping people in shackles on church grounds for the past couple of years &#8220;to drive their demons out&#8221;.
Although the Gauteng Association for Mental Health has been investigating this alleged &#8220;inhuman&#8221; situation for the past three months, the seven people, who might be mentally ill, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Church of chains&#8217; holding 8</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg - A North Rand church has been holding eight people in chains as it believes they are possessed by demons.
Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo of the Human Rights Commission said a preliminary investigation into a complaint against the St John Apostolic Faith Mission Church in Etwatwa, Daveyton, had been opened.
She said once the investigation was complete the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church taken to HRC for chaining mentally ill patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Central Gauteng Mental Health Society (CGMHS) has lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) relating to the shackling of at least eight mentally ill patients by the St. John&#8217;s Apostolic Faith Mission Church in Etwatwa, east of Johannesburg.
The dispute between the CGMHS and the church seems to be centred on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The shackles of mental disability</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mduduzi has got used to his foot chains. It is, he has been told, part of his healing process.
During the day, the 25-year-old and seven others are crammed into two small shacks of wood and corrugated iron.
They rarely speak. At night, the men sleep in blankets on the church&#8217;s concrete floor, while the women stay [...]]]></description>
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