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Psychologist testifies siblings murdered parents while under ‘coercive persuasion’
A brother and sister on trial for the murder of their parents claim the girl’s boyfriend, Matthew Naidoo, put the two under a powerful spell.
“He used witchcraft on us. How can two people believe that they are meant to kill their parents?” asked Nicolette Lotter, 29, in Durban, South Africa, High Court.
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Mormon church apologizes for baptisms of Simon Wiesenthal’s parents
The Mormon Church has apologised for posthumously baptizing the parents of Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal.
But the controversy over its un-biblical practice of posthumous proxy baptisms the dead continues.
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Siblings accused of murdering parents allegedly influenced by ‘third son of God’
During the trial of The trial of Nicolette and Hardus Lotter, and her boyfriend, Matthew Naidoo, for the murder of the siblings’ parents a court in South Africa heard the motive for the double murder was to get a share of the inheritance.
Naidoo told his girlfriend and her brother how to kill her [...]
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 [...]
Oregon lawmakers appear ready to end legal protections for faith-healing parents
Oregon lawmakers will take the first step today toward ending legal protections for parents who rely solely on faith to treat their dying children.
House Bill 2721 eliminates reliance on spiritual treatment as a defense to certain crimes in which the victim is under 18 years of age.
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