Category: Ariel Ben Sherman and Jacqueline Crank

Knoxville News-Sentinel, Sep. 19, 2002 http://www.knoxnews.com/ By Jamie Satterfield, News-Sentinel staff writer LOUDON – Members of a religious group who believed prayer would heal a terminally ill teenager called on God to raise the girl from the dead Wednesday. That didn’t happen, and Jessica Lynn Crank, 15, was laid to rest in a Loudon County cemetery. Even as Jessica was buried in Loudon County Memorial Gardens, the debate over

Knoxville News-Sentinel, Sep. 18, 2002 http://www.knoxnews.com/ By Jamie Satterfield, News-Sentinel staff writer LOUDON — A Loudon County teenager whose mother is accused of failing to get the girl medical treatment and instead relying on prayer to heal her was buried today after a brief funeral service. Jessica Lynn Crank, 15, died early Sunday morning from a rare form of bone cancer. She was diagnosed with the disease in late June after her mother, Jacqueline P. Crank, 41, was charged with aggravated child abuse and neglect. Jacqueline Crank is accused of ignoring advice from medical personnel at a Lenoir City walk-in

Testimony of ill girl called vital The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Aug. 31, 2002 http://www.knoxnews.com/ By Randy Kenner, News-Sentinel staff writer Defense lawyers in a Loudon County case involving a dying girl, her mother and the leader of the religious group they belong to have appealed a judge’s order prohibiting them from taking the child’s deposition. Donald A. Bosch and Gregory P. Isaacs filed their appeal of Sessions Judge William Russell’s opinion on Friday. Isaacs represents the 15-year-old girl’s mother, Jacqueline P. Crank, while Bosch represents Ariel Ben Sherman, who leads a small religious group in Loudon County. He was described as

WBIR News, Aug. 6, 2002 http://www.wbir.com/News/news.asp?ID=8628 Authorities have arrested Ariel Ben Sherman of the New Life Tabernacle and he now faces charges of endangering the life of a 15-year-old girl. Back in June the 15-year-old girl’s mother, Jacqueline Crank, was charged with aggravated child abuse and neglect for not seeking medical attention for her daughter, who has a tumor the size of a basketball on her shoulder. According to police documents, 71-year-old Ariel Ben Sherman brought the girl to a Lenoir City chiropractic clinic in February. Doctors there told Sherman the girl’s condition was serious and needed immediate attention. Sherman

Testimony sought in mom’s abuse case KNOXnews.com, Aug. 19, 2002 http://www.knoxnews.com/ A 15-year-old girl at the center of a firestorm over faith healing may not live long enough to testify this month at a hearing on charges of child abuse and neglect against her mother. Attorney Gregory P. Isaacs filed a motion in Loudon County General Sessions Court seeking a judge’s approval to take the terminally ill teenager’s deposition as soon as possible. The girl’s mother, Jacqueline P. Crank, faces a preliminary hearing Aug. 28 on allegations she failed to seek emergency medical treatment for her daughter in May despite