Parents may be charged in failed faith healing
Posted March 29th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.wten.comThe parents of an 18 month old who opted to pray instead of getting her routine treatment that would have likely prevented her death, may face charges of manslaughter.
In cases like these, it has always been MT’s position to place these stories under the child abuse category, because that’s what they are.
The parents of a baby girl who died from a treatable illness left jail late Friday night after posting bail.
Twenty-eight-year old Carl Worthington and 25-year old Raylene Worthington surrendered to police Friday. They face manslaughter and criminal mistreatment charges related to the death of their 15-month old daughter Ava Worthington.
The baby died in early March from an illness that doctors say could have been treated with antibiotics. Authorities believe the parents opted to pray over the baby rather than treat her with medicine.