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CHURCH EXORCISM DEATH
An autistic eight-year-old boy has died during a church service to exorcise evil spirits in America.
A man has been arrested over the death of Terrance Cottrell Jr, which is being treated as murder.
Terrance died of suffocation after he was wrapped in sheets and tied down at a church in Milwaukee.
The county coroner's office said his chest had been strapped and he had been unable to breathe.
Help was only called after an hour of prayer when a worshipper noticed the boy was not moving.
Terrance's mother had been taking him to church three-times-a-week for the last three years in the hope of curing his autism.
His grandmother claimed force was used but this was disputed by church members.
"We were asking God to take this spirit that was tormenting this little boy to death," said Bishop David Hemphill Sr.
"We were praying that hard - but not to kill."
The man arrested was Bishop Hemphill's brother, Ray.
Terrance's grandmother, Mary Luckett, said he had been restrained.
"They held the boy down, they held him down until ... he went to a smothery grave," she said.
A police investigation into the death continues.
Last Updated: 13:26 UK, Tuesday August 26, 2003
That is SAD!
That is one of many reasons why I'm not part of any religious churches or congregations. They become fanatics and believe that God will 'help' them with every problem they bring to the church.
An autistic eight-year-old boy has died during a church service to exorcise evil spirits in America.
A man has been arrested over the death of Terrance Cottrell Jr, which is being treated as murder.
Terrance died of suffocation after he was wrapped in sheets and tied down at a church in Milwaukee.
The county coroner's office said his chest had been strapped and he had been unable to breathe.
Help was only called after an hour of prayer when a worshipper noticed the boy was not moving.
Terrance's mother had been taking him to church three-times-a-week for the last three years in the hope of curing his autism.
His grandmother claimed force was used but this was disputed by church members.
"We were asking God to take this spirit that was tormenting this little boy to death," said Bishop David Hemphill Sr.
"We were praying that hard - but not to kill."
The man arrested was Bishop Hemphill's brother, Ray.
Terrance's grandmother, Mary Luckett, said he had been restrained.
"They held the boy down, they held him down until ... he went to a smothery grave," she said.
A police investigation into the death continues.
Last Updated: 13:26 UK, Tuesday August 26, 2003
That is SAD!
That is one of many reasons why I'm not part of any religious churches or congregations. They become fanatics and believe that God will 'help' them with every problem they bring to the church.