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Six children of an Oregon couple arrested in the faith-healing death of their 16-year-old son have been placed in temporary state custody. Russel and Brandi Bellew each face mandatory prison sentences of six years and three months if convicted of sec... Read the rest of this entry »

A Creswell, Oregon couple charged with second-degree manslaughter in the 'faith healing' death of their teenaged son pleaded not guilty in court Monday. The couple belongs to the General Assembly and the Church of the First Born -- a church with a lo... Read the rest of this entry »

It took the Prosecutors' Office in Okanogan County, Washington nearly three years to file charges against the parents of a teenager who police say died because the couple failed to call for medical assistance, relying on prayer instead. Officials say... Read the rest of this entry »

Police in South Korea arrested a pastor and his wife Saturday after three of their four children were found dead. The couple has been detained on suspicions of assaulting and starving their children to death Read the rest of this entry »

Just one day after parents in Washington were charged in the faith healing death of the teenaged son, an Oregon couple belonging to the same church have been arrested in the faith healing death of their 16-year-old son. They belong to a church is kn... Read the rest of this entry »

Parents in Carlton, WA who police say unsuccessfully tried to faith-heal their son back to health have been charged with second-degree murder. The charges against Gregory P. Swezey, 47, and Garnet JaLea Swezey, 45, in Okanogan County Superior Court c... Read the rest of this entry »

An Oregon Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy whose cause of death is unknown and whose family belongs to General Assembly and the Church of the First Born -- a church that believes illnesses and injuries should be treat... Read the rest of this entry »

A Shasta County, California, judge has ruled in favor of a former Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry student who was sued by a man alleging she and a friend pushed him off a cliff and then, thinking he was dead, tried to faith-heal him back to lif... Read the rest of this entry »

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... Read the rest of this entry »

Jurors deliberated less than four hours and their verdict sent another resounding warning to the members of the Hickmans' church, the Followers of Christ, that failing to provide medical care to critically ill children is unacceptable and will be puni... Read the rest of this entry »