Faith Healing Death - Oregon City Followers of Christ Church

The death of a 16-year-old Oregon boy being treated by a faith healer could have easily been prevented according to a state medical examiner.

The 16-year-old member of a faith healing church died of uremic heart failure caused by a stricture in his urinary tract, according to autopsy results.

The condition could have been treated with a catheter in a routine outpatient procedure.

Instead, 16-year-old Neal Beagley's urinary tract became inflamed and closed off.

He was unable to urinate, which made his bladder and kidneys stop functioning, the autopsy showed.

Toxins backed up into his blood stream.

Beagley had started complaining about stomach aches and shortness of breath last week.

The family told police he did not want medical attention.

Gladstone police said relatives and church members told them the teenager refused treatment for the illness, as he was entitled to do under Oregon law.

The family belongs to the Oregon City Followers of Christ Church.

Like all members of the religious order, Beagley did not receive medical care.

His condition worsened Sunday and members of the church gathered for prayer, Benton said.

The church is a fundamentalist Christian denomination that recently made headlines after two members were arrested and accused of using prayer instead of medical care to try to cure their deathly ill daughter.

In March, the boy's 15-month-old cousin, Ava Worthington, died at home from bronchial pneumonia and a blood infection.

Her parents, Carl and Raylene Worthington, also failed to contact a doctor and are awaiting trial on criminal charges in her death.

Oregon lawmakers passed new laws striking down legal shields for faith-healing parents after several children from the Followers of Christ church died in the 1990s.

The Oregon City church is not associated with a mainstream denomination.

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[TheDeistAngle]

These fucking people let their child die an excruciating death by drowning his heart in piss, and they get SIXTEEN MONTHS

SIXTEEN MONTHS

are you fucking kidding me?!?! PUT THEM TO DEATH FOR MURDERING THEIR CHILD.

[hy6rids0ldi3r]

and i wonder why cant god heal amputees?

oh well miracles are limited i guess XD

[sean2kk8]

the doctor looks like chuck norris

[I21GenieLee]

DoNotLaughatme..the bible is tested and proven..the prophecies of Jesus written 700 years before HE came were fulfilled to a tee.His law is on our conscience..why can't u tell a child to live like u do?..bcuz its wrong!..Look up Lee Strobles,Frank Turek,Ravi Zacharias, Walter Martin..Christian Road Warrior ..its crazy to think everything came from nothing!

[DoNotLaughAtMe]

@Acecool444 yes we are both ignorant of each other, but virtually all scientists are atheists, and that's a fact.

The thing is, your religion is only a belief. It's outdated morals beliefs along with superstition mythologies.

If your only being good because of what the bible said, you need to see a psychiatrist.

[Acecool444]

@DoNotLaughAtMe You're a fool...end of story!

[DoNotLaughAtMe]

@Acecool444 did the bible says to go to a doctor ? no. Families, friends, people teaches us youngsters.

"Animals don't believe in god, they are smart enough not to" Forgot who

100% of scientists do not believe in god, and they are making this world a better place.

[Acecool444]

@DoNotLaughAtMe I didn't make anything up.....

[DoNotLaughAtMe]

@Acecool444 stop making stuff up! That wasn't in the bible. I'm pretty sure you pray according to the bible to get healed.

[jamaljamal85]

Take the kids away and spay/neuter the adults. Damn bastards should be lined up and shot.