A jury has convicted an Oregon City couple of criminally negligent homicide in the death of its teenaged son, after the couple, members of the Followers of Christ Church, prayed over him rather than seek conventional medical treatment. The boy, aged 16, died from the effects of a urinary blockage.
Jeff and Marci Beagley are the second couple from the same family to go on trial in the deaths of family members after failing to seek treatment for a sick child. Their daughter Raylene Worthington, also a member of the Church, was acquitted of manslaughter in the death of her daughter Ava last year.
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