Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Other or denomination not established Oregon City, OR, USA · 2010

Beagley faith-healing death: parents convicted (criminally negligent homicide)

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The parents relied on faith healing instead of medical care, treating prayer as the required response to a child's life-threatening illness.

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See citation. State v. Beagley, 257 Or. App. 220, 305 P.3d 147 (Or. Ct. App. 2013), filed 2013-06-19, Schuman, P.J. Consolidated direct appeal, docket Nos. CR0801358/A145054 (Jeffrey Dean Beagley) and CR0801359/A145194 (Marci Rae Beagley). Affirms both defendants' criminally negligent homicide convictions (ORS 163.145) arising from the death of their 16-year-old son Neil after withholding conventional medical care on religious grounds. Existing record's proceedings array is currently empty and should be populated with this appellate stage. Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7051828/state-v-beagley/

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CBS News (2010) 'Jeff and Marci Beagley Gave Sick Son Prayer Instead of Medicine, Jury Gives Them Guilty Verdict', CBS News. Available at: cbsnews.com (Accessed: 14 July 2026).: Members of Oregon's Followers of Christ church, the Beagleys withheld medical care from their 16-year-old son Neil on religious grounds. 'The couple, who practices faith healing, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide... Neil Beagley died of complications from a congenital urinary tract blockage' — a treatable condition. 'Members of the church, including the Beagleys, are known to avoid doctors in favor of faith healing.'

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Source and tier basis: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-and-marci-beagley-gave-sick-son-prayer-instead-of-medicine-jury-gives-them-guilty-verdict/ Legacy citation preserved without a normalized source tier or evidentiary-role code. SHA-256 c756c3aaa4712dce3f8410bd4091a389095ad0998fdfb7771bb1e788dde8716e
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