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Will Beagley verdict change church behavior?
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Feb 4, 2010 at 12:01 PM PST
OREGON CITY, Ore. - A juror in the faith-healing trial of Jeff and Marci Beagley who spoke to reporters after the verdict said he hoped their guilty verdict will encourage other faith-healers to take their children to doctors. But whether that will happen is unclear. “Hopefully, it won’t happen...more again. Hopefully, nobody has to be put in this position again,” said juror Bob Zegar. “We hope they get a lenient sentence because they’re not evil; they just made a wrong decision.” KATU News and law enforcement officials have documented dozens of children through the years who have died as members of the Followers of Christ church, but only the Beagleys and their son-in-law Carl Worthington have been convicted for not getting their children medical treatment. Worthington was sentenced for 60 days in jail for the death of his 15-month-old daughter Ava. Some church members who spoke to a KATU News reporter, unlike the juror, said they fear that if the judge gives the Beagleys a light
Oregon City

Will Beagley verdict change church behavior?
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Feb 3, 2010 at 10:01 PM PST
A juror in the faith-healing trial of Jeff and Marci Beagley who spoke to reporters after the verdict said he hoped their guilty verdict will encourage other faith-healers to take their children to doctors. But whether that will happen is unclear.

Beagleys’ fate in the hands of the jury
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Jan 29, 2010 at 5:52 PM PST
The jury in the faith-healing trail of Jeff and Marci Beagley, who are accused of criminal negligence for the death of their 16-year-old son, Neil, will now decide if the Beagleys are responsible for the boy’s death after attorneys for both sides made their closing arguments Friday.

Beagleys’ fate in the hands of the jury
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Jan 29, 2010 at 5:50 PM PST
The jury in the faith-healing trail of Jeff and Marci Beagley, who are accused of criminal negligence for the death of their 16-year-old son, Neil, will now decide if the Beagleys are responsible for the boy’s death after attorneys for both sides made their closing arguments Friday. The jury now...more is tasked to decide if the parents, who are members of the Followers of Christ Church which shuns medical care, acted reasonably when faced with their son’s symptoms. If the jury believes the Beagleys had no idea Neil was at risk of death, because the symptoms looked like no more than the flu, then they will return a verdict of “not guilty”. But if they find a reasonable person would have taken him to the doctor because he had a pattern of illness, and a dramatic downturn, then they will return a verdict of “guilty” of criminally negligent homicide. The Beagleys face a maximum of ten years behind bars if they are found guilty. The backdrop of the trial is that the Beagleys never took
Oregon City

Followers trial: Father takes the stand
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Jan 27, 2010 at 5:48 PM PST
For the first time Jeff Beagley took the stand in his faith-healing trial, accompanied by photos of his son who died at age 16: "It was such a shock because he didn't seem that bad."

Caseworker: Neil Beagley appeared to have a cold
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Jan 27, 2010 at 12:47 AM PST
Just weeks before a 16-year-old Oregon City boy died, a child welfare worker met with him twice but didn’t step in to get Neil Beagley a doctor because “he appeared to be sick with a common cold,” the caseworker said Tuesday in the faith-healing trial of Marci and Jeff Beagley.   The Beagleys are...more members of the Followers of Christ Church which believes in faith healing over traditional medicine, and the Beagleys are accused of criminal negligence in Neil’s death from renal failure in June 2008. The Department of Human Services received two anonymous tips that Neil Beagley, or his 14-year-old sister, were ill and not getting medical treatment. Jeff Lewis, a child welfare caseworker for DHS, met with Neil and his parents in early April of 2008. “I sit down with Neil,” Lewis testified in court. “I’m on a bed and he’s in a rocking chair. He’s got a blanket over his lap. I notice the heat is on very high in the bedroom. Neil states that he’s been sick for the past week and a half. He
Oregon City

Caseworker: Teen seemed to have a cold
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Jan 27, 2010 at 12:46 AM PST
Just weeks before a 16-year-old Oregon City boy died, a child welfare worker met with him twice but didn’t step in to get Neil Beagley a doctor because “he appeared to be sick with a common cold,” the caseworker said Tuesday in the faith-healing trial of Marci and Jeff Beagley.

Faith healing trial: Testimony about Ava Worthington will stay
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Jan 20, 2010 at 4:13 PM PST
Wednesday marked day two of the trial against two parents accused in the faith healing death of their 16-year-old son and the couple's defense attorneys tried unsuccessfully to get information about a previous case excluded from testimony.

Faith healing trial: Testimony about Ava Worthington will stay
Jan 20, 2010 at 4:12 PM PST
Photo Credit: Jeff, left, and Marci Beagley, center, who are charged with negligent homicide in the 2008 death of their 16-year-old son, Neil, listen as defense attorney Wayne Mackeson makes opening statements in the trial, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, in Oregon City, Ore. (AP Photo/Randy Rasmussen,...more Pool)Wednesday marked day two of the trial against two parents accused in the faith healing death of their 16-year-old son and the couple's defense attorneys tried unsuccessfully to get information about a previous case excluded from testimony. Jeff and Marci Beagley, who are members of the Followers of Christ Church in Oregon City, are charged with criminally negligent homicide after their son, Neil, died in 2008 of complications from a congenital urinary tract blockage he had since birth. Doctors said that blockage could have been corrected and treated. Members of the Followers of Christ Church believe in prayer over modern medicine and several children's deaths in recent years have
Oregon City

Defense: Faith healers thought son had cold
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Jan 19, 2010 at 12:49 PM PST
The prosecutor in the trial of an Oregon City couple charged with criminally negligent homicide in the faith-healing death of their 16-year-old son said the teen should never have died.

Faith healing case: Father appeals conviction
Dec 17, 2009 at 3:45 PM PST
Carl Worthington has appealed his conviction of criminal mistreatment in the death of his 15-month-old daughter, Ava.Worthington is a member of Oregon City's Followers of Christ Church, whose members believe in faith healing over modern medicine.His daughter died in March 2008 of a treatable...more medical condition and Worthington was sentenced to 60 days in jail and five years probation. However, he was released early for good behavior.Worthington's wife, Raylene, was acquitted on the same charge and both were acquitted of manslaughter.For more background on this storyPhoto credit: Carl Brent and Raylene Worthington listen to the verdict in their trial on Thursday July 23, 2009 in Oregon City, Ore. (AP Photo/Randy L Rasmussen, Pool)
Oregon City

State medical examiner determines cause of infant's death
Oct 29, 2009 at 1:53 PM PST
The state medical examiner has determined the cause of death for a baby boy who died in Oregon City a month ago.The boy's parents are members of the Followers of Christ Church, where some members shun conventional medicine in favor of faith healing.  The health of infants and children in the...more congregation has been under investigation for some time and there have been criminal charges filed in other cases.  Most notably is the case against Carl and Raylene Worthington, whose 15-month-old daughter, Ava, died while in their care. The couple was arrested and charged with felony manslaughter after their daughter died from pneumonia and a related blood infection that the State Medical Examiner said could easily have been cured with antibiotics.  Both were acquitted of manslaughter but Carl Worthington was found guilty of criminal mistreatment and served almost 60 days in jail. It was the first criminal prosecution under Oregon’s new faith-healing law.Another case against Jeff and Marci
Clackamas, Oregon City

State medical examiner determines cause of infant's death
Oct 29, 2009 at 1:48 PM PST
The boy's parents are members of the Followers of Christ Church, where some members shun conventional medicine in favor of faith healing. The health of infants and children in the congregation has been under investigation for some time.

Home searched in faith-healing death
Oct 2, 2009 at 9:12 AM PST
Detectives searched the home of members of a faith-healing church Thursday where a baby boy died last weekend. No one has been charged in the death, and because of that, names of the family who are involved are not being named. Several sources within the Followers of Christ church have told KATU...more News reporters, Thom Jensen and Dan Tilkin, that the mother of the baby boy who died, experienced complications several days before the baby was born two months premature. Officially, the medical examiner said it was “a natural death involving a premature infant and laboratory tests to determine the cause of death are pending.” Detectives, however, still collected evidence Thursday to determine if any laws were broken. The house, where the baby was born without a doctor present, belongs to the baby’s grandparents. About a half dozen Clackamas County detectives and crime scene specialists spent the morning inside the house. They removed what appeared to be computer components. Several
Oregon City

Home searched in faith-healing death
Oct 1, 2009 at 8:15 PM PST
About a half dozen Clackamas County detectives and crime scene specialists spent the morning inside the house that belongs to a member of the Followers of Christ church. They removed what appeared to be computer components. Several members of the church were kept outside.