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07-30-2010, 05:14 PM
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/07/another_followers_of_christ_couple_indicted_in_dea th_of_a_child.html
An Oregon City couple who belong to the Followers of Christ church have been indicted on charges of second-degree manslaughter in the death of their child who died last year shortly after birth.
It is the third time in the past two years that church members, who reject medical care and favor faith-healing, have been indicted in the death of a child.
Dale R. Hickman and Shannon M. Hickman, both 25, were booked and released early Friday morning at the Clackamas County Jail. They will be arraigned on Aug. 30.
The Hickmans' son was born on Sept. 27 but lived only nine hours. The boy was died of staph pneumonia and complications from a premature birth, a state medical examiner said. The child was born at 32 to 34 weeks – four to six weeks short of full term – and had underdeveloped lungs.
The autopsy noted the presence of a bacterial infection, which could have caused the amniotic sac to rupture, or the water to break, as it's commonly called.
No one with medical training attended the birth, and no one called a doctor or ambulance.
Greg Horner, Clackamas County chief deputy district attorney, declined to comment on the indictment.
These people are WACK! They have allowed so many children to die in the last 30 years it's UNBEAVABLE!
An Oregon City couple who belong to the Followers of Christ church have been indicted on charges of second-degree manslaughter in the death of their child who died last year shortly after birth.
It is the third time in the past two years that church members, who reject medical care and favor faith-healing, have been indicted in the death of a child.
Dale R. Hickman and Shannon M. Hickman, both 25, were booked and released early Friday morning at the Clackamas County Jail. They will be arraigned on Aug. 30.
The Hickmans' son was born on Sept. 27 but lived only nine hours. The boy was died of staph pneumonia and complications from a premature birth, a state medical examiner said. The child was born at 32 to 34 weeks – four to six weeks short of full term – and had underdeveloped lungs.
The autopsy noted the presence of a bacterial infection, which could have caused the amniotic sac to rupture, or the water to break, as it's commonly called.
No one with medical training attended the birth, and no one called a doctor or ambulance.
Greg Horner, Clackamas County chief deputy district attorney, declined to comment on the indictment.
These people are WACK! They have allowed so many children to die in the last 30 years it's UNBEAVABLE!