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COUPLE ARRESTED FOR FAILED FAITH HEALING THAT CLAIMED SONS LIFE: Neil Jeffrey Beagley died from a urinary-tract blockage; parents indicted.
According to an article by David Townsend (via www.articlesofinfo.com), authorities have indicted a couple for the death of their son. The charges are criminally negligent homicide. The couple, Jeffrey Dean Beagley (50) and Marci Rae Beagley (46), could not be reached for comment.
Their son, 16-year-old Neil Jeffrey Beagley, died June 17th of complications from a urinary-tract blockage. A deputy state medical examiner said the boy apparently suffered for years from the intensely painful but medically treatable condition. The blockage ultimately caused kidney failure, ureic poisoning and heart failure, according to autopsy results.
Neil died in his grandmother's home surrounded by dozens of relatives and church members of the Followers of Christ. Some of those present told police that Neil Beagley, despite his prolonged suffering, chose faith healing over medical care.
Less than four months earlier, Beagley's 15-month-old cousin, Ava Worthington, died in similar circumstances of treatable bronchial pneumonia and a blood infection that could have been cleared up with antibiotics. Her parents, Carl and Raylene Worthington, face trial for Ava's death Jan. 26th; the charges are manslaughter and criminal mistreatment.
Under an Oregon law passed in 1971, children 15 or older have the right to seek medical care independent of their parents. Although the right to seek medical care is not expressly stated in Oregon law, some legal experts contend that it also grants the right to refuse medical care.
In 1999, after a series of faith-healing deaths involving the Followers of Christ, Oregon legislators eliminated the state's "spiritual-healing defense" in certain cases of manslaughter and criminal mistreatment. (Source: The Columbus Dispatch/ArticlesofInfo.com)
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