Fourteen Australians were found guilty of manslaughter guilty Wednesday in connection with the death of a diabetic girl in 2022. New York Times Elizabeth Rose Struhs reports needs insulin for its type 1 diabetes; Her parents chose to hold her back and, as she weaken, a dozen members of their religious sect sang and prayed around her. The AP reports that she died after six days without the medication, just before her ninth anniversary. THE Times Report that it was not the first time that the Struhs have been in court for the care of their daughter. Kerrie Struhs had previously been accused of having neglected Elizabeth’s medical needs after her death in 2019; She was sentenced to 18 months.
The husband Jason Struhs provided evidence against her and was sentenced to a suspended sentence. He said that his wife had kept the gravity of Elizabeth’s condition on his part; After finding her unconscious, he brought her to the hospital, where she turned out to have renal failure, swelling of the brain and a blood clot in the framework of his unmatched diabetes; She would have been a few minutes from death and was hospitalized for a month. ABC in Australia reports that Jason visited him daily; His mother has never done it. For two years, he followed Elizabeth insulin. But things apparently changed in 2021.
While Kerrie began her sentence, Jason, angry and overwhelmed with the responsibilities that had been left to her, found peace by prayer and decided to become a member of the religious group. Known as saints, the BBC reports that they are not affiliated with any established church and are made up of approximately two dozen members of three families.
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In a few months, Jason was convinced to stop administering insulin. He and the church of the Brendan Stevens church were also accused of murder, but a judge judged that there was not enough evidence that men knew that their actions would probably result in his death. The sect disavows drugs, some of those who call it witchcraft. Judge Martin Burns wrote that Jason Struhs could have been “so consumed by a particular belief promoted without pause by all its members, that he never went to the full achievement that Elizabeth would probably die, believing rather that God would not allow Not that it happens. ” ABC in Australia reports that they will be convicted in February. (More stories in Australia.)
