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Faith-healing couple sentenced to more than six years in prison

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.

Jury convicts Dale, Shannon Hickman of manslaughter in faith-healing trial

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.

Rift forming in Followers of Christ church over medical help issue?

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.

Jury deliberates fate of parents in faith-healing case

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.

Parents defend using prayer, not medical care, in faith-healing baby’s death

On Tuesday — the second anniversary of David Hickman’s death — his parents took the witness stand and told jurors that there was nothing they could have done to save their newborn boy.

Even now, they said, they would do nothing differently.

Grandmother in faith-healing trial says it was not her place to call 9-1-1

The maternal grandmother of a premature baby that died less than nine hours after birth said Tuesday that she was not concerned with the infant’s health and would not have called an ambulance when he struggled for breath because it was not her decision.

Shannon and Dale Hickman are accused of second-degree manslaughter for failing to provide medical care to their baby.

Baby in faith-healing case should have survived, neonatologist testifies

A pediatrician who specializes in newborns and premature infants testified Monday that David Hickman would have survived if his parents had called for help.

Dale and Shannon Hickman took “a real and avoidable risk” with their child’s life, Dr. Joseph Kaempf, a neonatologist and prosecution witness, said.

Parents in Followers of Christ case made ‘a horrible choice,’ physician testifies

Dale and Shannon Hickman made “a horrible choice” for their child when they decided to go to a relative’s house for the premature birth instead of immediately heading to a hospital, a pediatrician testified Friday at the faith healing couple’s manslaughter trial.

The Hickmans’ son, David, was born two months prematurely and lived less than nine hours.

Defense attorneys focus on prosecution’s role in Followers of Christ manslaughter case

Defense attorneys representing Dale and Shannon Hickman tried to turn the tables Thursday by making the Clackamas County district attorney’s office the focus of their clients’ faith-healing homicide trial.

Prosecution, defense present dueling views of infant’s death in faith-healing trial

Dale and Shannon Hickman belong to the Followers of Christ Church, an Oregon City congregation that believes in faith-healing over medical care.

The church has a long history in Oregon of child deaths involving treatable illnesses.

Another faith-healing death of a child puts Followers of Christ parents on trial

The Hickmans are members of the Followers of Christ, an Oregon City faith-healing church.

The congregation has a long history of children dying from curable conditions because parents rejected medical care in favor of spiritual treatments.

Cult members sentenced to 90 days in jail, probation in faith healing case

An Oregon City couple who treated their infant daughter with faith healing rather than take her to a doctor were sentenced today in Clackamas County circuit court to 90 days in jail and three years probation.

The Wylands are members of the Followers of Christ Church, theologically a cult of Christianity, whose extreme faith healing beliefs and practices have left a trail of dead children in its wake.

Followers of Christ Church parents on trial for medical neglect of child

The trial of Timothy and Rebecca Wyland for the medical neglect of their now 18-months-old daugher got underway last Friday.

belong to the Followers of Christ Church, a cult of Christianity whose extreme faith healing beliefs and practices have left a trail of dead children in its wake.

Faith healing trial brings Followers of Christ church back into the spotlight

Jury selection for two more members of the Followers of Christ Church is set to begin Tuesday, a day after the Oregon Senate passed a bill to crack down on faith-healing parents who don’t take their children to the doctor.

Tim and Rebecca Wyland are the third set of parents who belong to the Oregon City church who will stand trial for not getting their child medical attention.

Oregon Senate votes to end faith healing defense for medical care

Oregon is on the brink of ending the legal protection for parents who rely on faith healing instead of seeking medical care for their children.

House Bill 2721 was sparked by the heavily publicized deaths of children whose families belong to an Oregon City church, the Followers of Christ.

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