African Children Denounced As "Witches" By Christian Pastors

EKET, Nigeria — The nine-year-old boy lay on a bloodstained hospital sheet crawling with ants, staring blindly at the wall. His family pastor had accused him of being a witch, and his father then tried to force acid down his throat as an exorcism. It Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 26, 2009

The stark brutality of these locally very powerful "pastors" provides a stunning story that Houreld has substantiated from multiple sources.

I have seen some of the power misused by missionaries and third world churches to lead the local, often naive, people into proud acceptance of twisted fringe doctrines and belief. Child abuse is a crime whether inside a church organization or outside.

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