Wolrd Religion

The medically preventable deaths of children of church members and two high-profile trials about those parents' culpability – and indirectly, any blame that might fall to the church – has put a spotlight on the Followers of Christ Church, which believes only in faith healing when it comes to life-and-death situations.

Now, a former member of the church has come forward to shed some light on what church members' lives are like under the tight control church leaders exert over their followers.

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A man convicted of first-degree manslaughter for the 1988 beating death of a young girl in what its organizers characterized as an Olympics training boarding house was found shot to death.

Detractors identified the Ecclesia Athletic Association as a cult.

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