More faith-healing indictments.

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/07/another_followers_of_christ_couple_indicted_in_death_of_a_child.html

Don't forget the other couple whose daughter is now in state custody: http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/07/judge_wont_return_baby_to_foll.html

Seriously, what the hell is wrong with people?

Faith healing is a PC term for willful neglect.

Thankfully, here in Oregon, it isn't a good defense. There was a conviction last year and with luck, there'll be two more in the near future.

Denying a child access to medical care because you think that you can wish illness away is child abuse, plain and simple. If you want to try to wish away your own health problems, fine. Just don't try to pull that shit with children whose welfare is your responsibility.

children away at birth, for pete's sake. Maybe that'd bring 'em to Jebus. I think they're misreading the Bible. Jebus didn't say, "Suffer, little children." Really, he didn't.

Have many kids because of that,"quiver-full" bullshit.One preacher asshole,Denny Nissley has 11 kids probably more kids now his wife seems to be pregnant all the time.She gives birth in the bathtub and the older kids assist her,she told me. Apparently Denny doesn't give a shit if she dies one day,in that tub if she bleeds out gets preclampsia or something.She has no mind of her own and she isn't concerned being a brood mother popping a kid every year or so isn't dangerous, she blithely is breeding more of his mini me's, birthing in front of the kids who are the least qualified to help her in a medical emergency..those poor kids are growing up indoctrinated into assemblies of god cult..It just disgusts me.Christianity is a bad religion.

More than three out of four are under the age of 4.”

“Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.”

“It is estimated that between 60-85% of child fatalities due to maltreatment are not recorded as such on death certificates.”

“Children are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. Over 3 million reports of child abuse are made every year in the United States; however, those reports can include multiple children. In 2007, approximately 5.8 million children were involved in an estimated 3.2 million child abuse reports and allegations.”
http://www.childhelp.org/pages/statistics

“There is no single profile of a perpetrator of fatal child abuse, although certain characteristics reappear in many studies. Frequently, the perpetrator is a young adult in his or her mid-20s, without a high school diploma, living at or below the poverty level, depressed, and who may have difficulty coping with stressful situations. In many instances, the perpetrator has experienced violence firsthand. Most fatalities from physical abuse are caused by fathers and other male caregivers. Mothers are most often held responsible for deaths resulting from child neglect (U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1995).”

"How Can These Fatalities Be Prevented?
When addressing the issue of child maltreatment, and especially child fatalities, prevention is a recurring theme. Well-designed, properly organized child fatality review teams appear to offer hope for defining the underlying nature and scope of fatalities due to child abuse and neglect. The child fatality review process helps identify risk factors that may assist prevention professionals, such as those engaged in home visiting and parenting education, to prevent future deaths. In addition, teams are demonstrating effectiveness in translating review findings into action by partnering with child welfare and other child health and safety groups. In some States, review team annual reports have led to State legislation, policy changes, or prevention programs (National Center for Child Death Review, 2007)."
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/fatality.cfm#perps

Linking/pinning child abuse/fatality to religion while ignoring the major causal factors- poverty, drug addiction, mental illness and prior abuse is counter productive.

do not lobby legislatures to carve out exemptions from criminal responsibility for themselves when they cause the death of their children. Religious organizations that support faith healing do, and the practice should be exposed and stopped. Thankfully, some states have eliminated those exemptions, but the desire to impose them is still out there.