Judge tosses charge against pastor in faith-healing death
April 20, 2017
BERNVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ruled there was insufficient evidence to charge the leader of a church that rejects modern medicine, but prosecutors said they would try again to bring him to trial in the pneumonia death of his granddaughter.
Prosecutors want to hold the Rev. Rowland Foster accountable by charging him with failing to report suspected child abuse in the death of 2-year-old Ella Foster, his granddaughter.
Hours after the district judge's decision, the district attorney's office said it planned to refile the felony count.
Foster, 72, serves as pastor of Faith Tabernacle...
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