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OR couple whose daughter died untreated wants faith-healing beliefs kept from jury (Click here to read more)

By Travis Gettys
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 10:21 EDT
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Attorneys for an Oregon couple accused of allowing their daughter to die of untreated diabetes complications don't want jurors to hear about their faith-healing beliefs at trial.
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Defense attorneys argue that evidence regarding the religious beliefs and practices of Travis and Wenon.a Rossiter would be prejudicial, reported the Albany Democrat-Herald.

The Rossiters, who are from Albany, are members of the fundamentalist Church of the First Born, which teaches that medical treatment is sinful and instructs followers to trust in God to heal them through faith.
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Since 1976, at least 82 children linked to the church have died from lack of medical treatment, according to Children's Health Care Is A Legal Duty.
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Prosecutors plan to show 12-year-old Syble Rossiter was deprived of life-saving medical care by her parents, who instead relied on faith-healing rites.