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Faith-healing parents charged in death of infant son

MENSAH M. DEAN October 8, 2009.

Print: Philadelphia Daily News

Two Pennsylvania parents now face criminal charges due to the death of their infant, as a result of bacterial pneumonia. This death could have been prevented by consulting a physician and the use of Tylenol or an antibiotic, however the parents elected to try and combat the illness with prayer, rather than medicine.