Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Fourteen members of a small religious sect in Australia have been found guilty of the manslaughter of an 8-year-old girl, who died after they withheld insulin needed ...
Elizabeth died after her insulin was withheld. Her body was found at her Toowoomba home, west of Brisbane, in January 2022.
For days, as the eight-year-old lay dying from diabetes, more than a dozen adults — her mother and father among them — prayed and sang songs instead of seeking life-saving medical treatment.
Jan. 29 (UPI) --A court in Brisbane, Australia, on Wednesday, found 14 members of a religious group guilty of the 2022 killing of an 8-year-old diabetic girl after withholding insulin from her for ...
Elizabeth Struhs, 8, passed away after fringe Christian group The Saints withheld her life-saving medication, believing that God would intervene. The parents of Elizabeth and 12 members of the ...
Fourteen members of “The Saints”, including the girl’s parents, were found guilty of manslaughter after withholding her diabetes medication to trust in God.
The court heard he later helped provide her with insulin for a period while his ... attended the Revival Centres International church in Brisbane, but they broke away after Stevens failed to ...
Handing down the verdicts, Justice Martin Burns said Elizabeth’s death was “inevitable” after the group failed to administer insulin or ... west of Brisbane. All 14 members had refused ...
Jan. 29 (UPI) --A court in Brisbane, Australia, on Wednesday, found 14 members of a religious group guilty of the 2022 killing of an 8-year-old diabetic girl after withholding insulin from her for ...