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Girl returned to killer parents despite 'cult' warning

A family's extreme religious beliefs against medical treatment were known to authorities years before their "cult" killed a little girl, a coroner has heard.

AAP · Mar 12

Faith-healing tragedy: child dies without insulin

A vibrant and happy child, Elizabeth Struhs, eight, endured a slow and painful death after a church group encouraged her parents to deny her insulin.

AAP · Feb 28, 2025

14 'Saints' Cult Members Sentenced For 8-Year-Old's 'Slow and Painful Death' After Leader Convinced Parents to Deny Daughter Insulin

Fourteen members of an Australian cult were sentenced for the death of an 8-year-old girl after they denied her insulin at the urging of their leader.

Latin Times · Feb 26, 2025

The Saints: Parents and 12 other members of religious sect convicted over death of diabetic girl

The members have been found guilty of her manslaughter

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

System 'failed to protect' girl from parents, church

The system "failed to protect" a diabetic girl killed by her parents and a small religious group who withheld her medication for days, the victim's sister says.

AAP · Jan 28, 2025

Girl 'argued' to stop insulin, dad tells murder trial

A tearful father told a judge he was "infuriated" by his daughter's protests against insulin shots but later joined a church that believed God would heal her.

AAP · Sep 6, 2024

Church group accused of girl's death to address trial

Members of a church group accused of killing a young girl will not give evidence in their own defence but do plan to give at least one closing address at trial.

AAP · Sep 4, 2024

Church group had 'common' goal to stop girl's insulin

Prosecutors can use text messages to claim church group members had a "common purpose" to encourage a father to stop his daughter's insulin, a judge has ruled.

AAP · Sep 3, 2024

Prosecution rests in church trial over child's death

After weeks of hearings, prosecutors in the trial of 14 church group members accused of killing a girl by withholding insulin have finished presenting evidence.

AAP · Aug 23, 2024

'Great pain' not enough to require help for dying girl

A woman accused of killing a young girl by withholding her insulin told police she would not have called an ambulance even if the girl was writhing in pain.

AAP · Aug 22, 2024