In this installment of "We're Not Making This Stuff Up!", girl dies for lack of medical treatment. Often very tragic, things happen when religious beliefs prevail.
Religious Group Seeks To Raise Girl From DeadGirl Dies From Cancer After No Treatment
Posted: 11:35 a.m. EDT September 19, 2002
LOUDON, Tenn. -- Members of a Tennessee religious group were hoping for a miracle at a teenage member's funeral.
They called on God to raise 15-year-old Jessica Crank from the dead at her funeral Wednesday. Jessica died Sunday at her home from a rare form of bone cancer.
Her mother and the man who heads the New Life Ministries religious group are facing child abuse and neglect charges in the case. They allegedly failed to seek treatment for Jessica after being urged to do so by workers at a walk-in clinic.
Her mother had taken Jessica to the clinic because the teen had a growth on her shoulder the size of a basketball.
New Life Ministries leader Ariel Ben Sherman led Jessica's funeral service, and asked for some members -- including the mother -- to stand beside the open casket and pray for a resurrection.
He urged his members not to lose their faith even though Jessica didn't come back to life.
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1 "Religious Group Seeks To Raise Girl From Dead", TheDenverChannel.com, September 19, 2002.
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