Charismatics Kill 3-Year-Old Girl in Botched Exorcism
Officials, with the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s office ruling Arely Proctor’s death a homicide caused by asphyxiation.
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A 3-year-old girl has died of botched exorcism in a San Jose church, according to officials, with the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s office ruling Arely Proctor’s death a homicide caused by asphyxiation.
The death happened a few months ago at Iglesia Apostoles y Profetas, where her grandfather Rene Huezo led the small congregation. Her mother believed that the little girl was demon-possessed, and so stuck their fingers down her throat to induce vomiting and therefore purge the demon, choking her and drowning her in her own vomit. The Police report reads:
Accusations of demon possession came because the little girl would periodically wake up and cry:
Three-year-olds cannot be possessed or afflicted by demons, and this is the tragic result of a theology that has abused and twisted the word of God to its own sad ends.
H/t CP