Members of an Australian religious sect were found guilty of manslaughter for withholding medication from an 8-year-old girl, leading to her death.
Elizabeth Rose Struhs, 8, died at her family's home after six days without her prescribed insulin shots for type-1 diabetes.
The parents of an 8-year-old girl, her adult brother and 11 other members of a small, tongues-talking Pentecostal sect in Toowoomba, Australia, were convicted of manslaughter Wednesday for causing
Members of a cult-like religious group in Australia who prayed over a dying child instead of giving her life-saving medication have been found guilty of manslaughter but escaped a murder conviction.
Elizabeth Struhs, eight, died of diabetic ketoacidosis in 2022 at her family home in Queensland after her parents and other members of a cult-like religious group withdrew her life-saving medication.
A father stood between his wife's belief in shunning medicine and his child's need for life-saving insulin, in a dilemma that ended in tragedy.
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has vowed to take any necessary action to improve state government systems in the wake of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs's death.
Judgment day has arrived for members of a cult-like church group who are accused of killing an eight-year-old girl by withholding her insulin.
Members of a fringe faith-healing congregation accused of fatally withholding a young girl’s lifesaving medicine have been found guilty of her manslaughter — with the father and leader of the “church” found not guilty of murder.
Queensland's Supreme Court convicted 14 members of an ultra-religious Christian sect of manslaughter in the killing of an 8-year-old diabetic girl by withholding insulin.
A Queensland court in Australia has found 14 members of an Australian religious group guilty of manslaughter in the death of an eight-year-old girl whose
Two bereaved parents and 12 fellow members of an Australian religious congregation have been found guilty of the manslaughter of an eight-year-old girl by withholding her diabetes medication.