http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:39:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 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/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 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26199/faith-healing-defended-in-court http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26199/faith-healing-defended-in-court#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:57:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26199 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. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26199/faith-healing-defended-in-court/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26174/grandmother-in-faith-healing-trial-says-it-was-not-her-place-to-call-9-1-1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26174/grandmother-in-faith-healing-trial-says-it-was-not-her-place-to-call-9-1-1#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:05:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26174 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.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26174/grandmother-in-faith-healing-trial-says-it-was-not-her-place-to-call-9-1-1/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26170/baby-in-faith-healing-case-should-have-survived-neonatologist-testifies http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26170/baby-in-faith-healing-case-should-have-survived-neonatologist-testifies#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:28:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26170 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.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26170/baby-in-faith-healing-case-should-have-survived-neonatologist-testifies/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26167/parents-in-followers-of-christ-case-made-a-horrible-choice-physician-testifies http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26167/parents-in-followers-of-christ-case-made-a-horrible-choice-physician-testifies#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:38:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26167 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. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26167/parents-in-followers-of-christ-case-made-a-horrible-choice-physician-testifies/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26164/defense-attorneys-focus-on-prosecutions-role-in-followers-of-christ-manslaughter-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26164/defense-attorneys-focus-on-prosecutions-role-in-followers-of-christ-manslaughter-case#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:06:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26164 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. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26164/defense-attorneys-focus-on-prosecutions-role-in-followers-of-christ-manslaughter-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26156/prosecution-defense-present-dueling-views-of-infants-death-in-faith-healing-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26156/prosecution-defense-present-dueling-views-of-infants-death-in-faith-healing-trial#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:03:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26156 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.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26156/prosecution-defense-present-dueling-views-of-infants-death-in-faith-healing-trial/feed 0