Diabetes 8-year-old girl dies from discontinuing insulin administration...A number of cult officials, including family members, who claim natural healing in Australia are sentenced to prison
Feb 26, 2025
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According to AFP and local media, the Supreme Court of Queensland in eastern Australia sentenced Jason Struth, the father of Elizabeth Rose Struth, who died, and Kerry Struth, to 14 years in prison on the 26th (local time). Brendan Stevens, a cult leader who insisted on 'natural healing' and encouraged them, was sentenced to 13 years in prison, and 11 believers, including Elizabeth's brother Zachary Struth and Stevens' family, were sentenced to six to nine years each.
They were found guilty of stopping the insulin administration of Elizabeth, who has type 1 diabetes, at the Struth family home in Toowoomba, Queensland, in January 2022, leading to her death. Elizabeth, who did not receive insulin, died of ketoacidosis, a complication of diabetes. Ketonic acidosis is a condition in which blood becomes acidic due to excessive production of ketone bodies in the body due to a lack of insulin.
The court judged that believers of a cult called the `Saints' (The Saints) were obsessed with the belief that Elizabeth would be cured by natural healing according to faith. Even when Elizabeth was in critical condition before her death, they prayed and sang without calling an ambulance. It also claimed that even after Elizabeth's death, he would only be sleeping and resurrected.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
