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Four Children in Faith-Healing Family Died as Authorities Watched
Original: Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
ProPublica reports that four children in a single family died after their parents, members of a faith-healing community, relied on prayer instead of medical care. The report examines how child-welfare agencies and prosecutors repeatedly failed to intervene despite warnings, as religious exemption laws limited the state's ability to act. Readers are debating the tension between religious freedom and child protection.
Why now: A major investigative report exposing failures in child protection has renewed debate over religious exemption laws.
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