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'My fear of going to hell was so great I was coerced to give up my baby'
Hundreds of adoptions could have taken place between the 1950s and 1990s, say women who were members of a Christian sect.BBC News - 19h -
14 religious sect members convicted over diabetic girl's death
Elizabeth Rose Struhs, 8, died at her family's home after six days without her prescribed insulin shots for type-1 diabetes.CBS News - 3d -
‘She’s at peace and so am I’: why members of Australian religious sect the Saints deliberately denied Elizabeth Struhs lifesaving insulin
Police interviews shown during the extraordinary trial for the manslaughter of the eight-year-old Queensland child reveal the beliefs behind the inaction of her parents and others. Get our ...The Guardian - 3d -
Australian sect members guilty of causing girl's death
The defendants had denied the diabetic girl her insulin, believing God would save her, a court heard.BBC News - 3d -
Elizabeth Struhs trial verdict: members of Queensland religious sect guilty of killing of eight-year-old
Fourteen members of Toowoomba-based religious sect the Saints found guilty of manslaughter over the 2022 death of Struhs, who died of diabetic ketoacidosis due to the withdrawal of her insulin. ...The Guardian - 3d -
Former daycare worker claims 2009 murder confession was coerced: "They broke me down"
Melissa Calusinski, an Illinois daycare worker convicted of killing a 16-month-old in 2009 when she was 22 years old, insists she is innocent. She's turning to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who has ...CBS News - Jan. 17 -
Ron Johnson expresses concern Israel 'coerced' into ceasefire agreement
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) expressed concern Wednesday that Israel was “coerced” into its ceasefire agreement with Palestinian militant group Hamas. “I'm hoping they weren't coerced into a deal ...The Hill - Jan. 16 -
Syria's Alawites, Sect of the Assads, Fear for Their Future
They say disparate violent incidents in the past two months—including alleged extrajudicial killings and the destruction of a religious shrine—are beginning to resemble a pattern of anti-Alawite acts.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 12