tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post7648609545887666303..comments2024-03-26T14:34:28.415-07:00Comments on Religion and Child Abuse News: Courts face new challenges in faith healing casesPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-81263069618084964252016-05-10T15:31:53.911-07:002016-05-10T15:31:53.911-07:00Tennessee lawmakers approve repeal of spiritual tr...Tennessee lawmakers approve repeal of spiritual treatment exemption<br /><br />By Richard Locker, Knoxville News Sentinel, April 14, 2016<br /><br />NASHVILLE — The House gave final legislative approval today to a bill repealing a controversial 1994 law that was at the center of a long court fight over the 2002 death of a Loudon County child whose mother refused medical care in favor of "Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-60013672316399836362014-09-06T15:27:31.399-07:002014-09-06T15:27:31.399-07:00Tenn. Supreme Court Hears Faith Healing Case
By T...Tenn. Supreme Court Hears Faith Healing Case<br /><br />By TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press September 4, 2014<br /><br />NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An East Tennessee woman convicted of child neglect in her teenage daughter's cancer death is asking the state Supreme Court to declare that she is innocent because she relied on prayer to heal the girl.<br /><br />Jacqueline Crank was sentenced to Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-79164546706977617052014-04-20T12:24:21.690-07:002014-04-20T12:24:21.690-07:00Supreme Court will review case involving prayer vs...Supreme Court will review case involving prayer vs. medicine in caring for sick child<br /><br />By JAMIE SATTERFIELD, The Knoxville News-Sentinel April 17, 2014<br /><br /> The Tennessee Supreme Court may soon provide clarity to the murky issue of when parents can legally put their faith in prayer rather than medicine to heal a sick child.<br /><br />The state’s high court has agreed to hearPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-31226898790233493662012-05-10T10:06:11.254-07:002012-05-10T10:06:11.254-07:00Mother, spiritual father convicted in faith-healin...<b>Mother, spiritual father convicted in faith-healing case but questions remain</b><br /><br />By Jamie Satterfield, Knoxville News Sentinel May 8, 2012<br /><br />LOUDON — Ten years after a 15-year-old Loudon County girl died from a rare form of bone cancer, two questions that have dogged the case from the start remain unanswered.<br /><br />When, under Tennessee law, can a parent rely on God —Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com