African Children Denounced As "Witches" By Christian Pastors

Huffington Post | Oct. 18, 2009 (Special Report)

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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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Oct 18, 2009 - 12:14 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Oct 18, 2009 - 8:37 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 18, 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 ... More »

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 by Kelli Busey - Oct. 22, 2009

The author presented this story in a factual manner.

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