WESTON, Wis. (AP) -- Two parents who prayed as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes were charged Monday with second-degree reckless homicide.

Family and friends had urged Dale and Leilani Neumann to get help for their daughter, but the father considered the illness "a test of faith" and the mother never considered taking the girl to the doctor because she thought her daughter was under a "spiritual attack," the criminal complaint said.

Leilani Neumann, 40, told the AP previously she never expected her daughter to die. The family believes in the Bible, which says healing comes from God, but they have nothing against doctors, she said.

One relative told police that the girl's mother believed she "died because the devil is trying to stop Leilani from starting her own ministry," the complaint said.


In March, an Oregon couple who belong to a church that preaches against medical care and believes in treating illness with prayer were charged with manslaughter and criminal mistreatment in the death of their 15-month-old daughter. The toddler died March 2 of bronchial pneumonia and a blood infection that could have been treated with antibiotics, the state medical examiner's office said.

Hold on..."someone" must be googling right this moment looking for a similar article with a Muslim protagonist...:-)

I bet that some people will be mightily surprised that I actually posted an article about this girl's death which could have been prevented. This happened way back in March and I didn't go looking for it a month later to post. Only stupid people would believe that prayer actually works. See comments on this previous thread.

http://guyanafriends.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/167604972/m...10995441#46410995441

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Originally posted by limer:
Hold on..."someone" must be googling right this moment looking for a similar article with a Muslim protagonist...:-)

Look at this assh0le Limer trying to demonize me again. Come out and say who the "someone" is, you snake. Be a man not a mouse.

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Originally posted by André:

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Originally posted by limer:
Hold on..."someone" must be googling right this moment looking for a similar article with a Muslim protagonist...:-)

Look at this assh0le Limer trying to demonize me again. Come out and say who the "someone" is, you snake. Be a man not a mouse.

if the hat fit...