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Church members jailed over fatal exorcism
Posted on Sunday, 28 June, 2009 | 31 comments
Four members of the Celestial Church of Christ have been jailed for up to 12 years for their part in the exorcism of an epileptic teenager who died during the ritual and was later found attached to a cross.
A French Guiana court has jailed four church members for up to 12 years for the exorcism of an epileptic teenager who was found dead attached to a cross.The members of the Celestial Church of Christ were jailed on Wednesday for terms of three to 12 years for "wilful violence that caused death" for 15-year-old Roger Bosse in 2005 in the South American territory."
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Recent comments on this story
#27 Posted by Father Of Evolution on 30 June, 2009, 11:42They're doing it for God?Shame on them... kill kill kill kill....
#28 Posted by Eternal Light on 30 June, 2009, 12:36Horrendous! Primitive and barbaric behaviour from those who should know better! Superstitious nonsense that led to murder; such sects should be outlawed.
#29 Posted by Kacen on 30 June, 2009, 12:37This is only further proof of how delusional such religions are, and how big a danger they are in general. All revealed religions must go.
#30 Posted by Harriet C. on 30 June, 2009, 17:01It was something pretty nasty, maybe I got my chemical wrong....Back on topic, I am pretty tolerant of other people's religion, but when it kills innocent people, something should be done.
#31 Posted by Beckys_Mom on 30 June, 2009, 17:15Yup like ban all forms of exorcimstoo many innocent kids and people getting murdererd by religious freaksThere was a preist that staged fake exorsims.........and he made millions...........he was jailed in the end........
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