{"id":1119,"date":"2008-12-12T18:14:32","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T18:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2008\/12\/parents-in-faithhealing-case-s.php"},"modified":"2008-12-12T18:14:32","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T18:14:32","slug":"parents-in-faithhealing-case-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2008\/12\/parents-in-faithhealing-case-s","title":{"rendered":"Parents in Faith-Healing Case Seek to Dismiss Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Lawyers for two Oregon City parents charged in the faith-healing death of their young daughter will ask a judge next month to dismiss the case.<br \/>\nLawyers for Raylene and Carl Worthington cite several reasons for requesting a dismissal, including the Oregon Constitution, which they claim protects the Worthington&#8217;s right to religious freedom.<br \/>\nThe Clackamas County District Attorney&#8217;s Office may still file a response. Chief Deputy District Attorney Greg Horner declined to comment on the Worthington&#8217;s motion.<br \/>\nMedical examiners say the couple&#8217;s 15-month-old daughter, Ava Worthington, died last March of treatable pneumonia. Her parents never sought medical treatment because they belong to a church that relies on faith healing instead of doctors and hospitals.<br \/>\nIn June, the little girl&#8217;s uncle, 16-year-old Neil Jeffrey Beagley, died of complications from a urinary-tract blockage. A deputy state medical examiner said the boy apparently suffered for years from the intensely painful but medically treatable condition.<br \/>\nThe teen&#8217;s parents, Jeffrey Dean Beagley and Marci Rae Beagley (who are also the parents of Raylene Worthington), are facing charges of criminally negligent homicide.<br \/>\nA hearing on the Worthingtons&#8217; motion is scheduled for Jan. 7.<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2008 Religion News Service.  All rights reserved.  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Lawyers for Raylene and Carl Worthington cite several reasons for requesting a dismissal, including the Oregon Constitution, which they claim protects the Worthington&#8217;s right to religious freedom.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Parents in Faith-Healing Case Seek to Dismiss Case<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2008\/12\/parents-in-faithhealing-case-s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parents in Faith-Healing Case Seek to Dismiss Case\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PORTLAND, Ore. 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