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Sweden jails couple for exorcist beating

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:12:00 +0200

A Swedish district court on Tuesday jailed a couple from the Democratic Republic of Congo for performing exorcisms on the woman's daughter, whom they considered to be a witch, by threatening and beating her.

'Exorcism punishes kids for family's woes'

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:00:00 +0200

With several recent cases of parents attempting to exorcise their "witch" children in Sweden, Congolese-Swedish pastor Josef Nsumbu explains the kindoki belief at the heart of the abuse.

Swedish court jails exorcist parents

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:33:00 +0200

Two parents in Borås, southern Sweden, who tried to exorcise demons from their young daughter by beating her and making her drink urine, have been found guilty and jailed for aggravated assault by a Swedish court.

Parents beat 9-year-old girl for 'being a witch'

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:47:00 +0100

Two parents from western Sweden are facing charges that they savagely beat a 9-year-old girl and forced her to drink her own urine because they thought she was a witch.

Court frees 'exorcized' teen girl's parents

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:29:00 +0200

The father and step-mother of a 14-year-old girl from western Sweden, charged with repeatedly beating and burning the girl because they “thought she was a witch”, were freed of all charges on Tuesday.

Swedish town rocked by second child exorcism

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:11:00 +0200

Another teenage girl in Borås, western Sweden, has been subjected to physical abuse such as kicks, beatings and electric shocks, as her parents tried to exorcise her from evil spirits.

Parents held for 'forcing demons' from daughter

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:28:00 +0100

Exorcism was the motivation for repeated attacks against a 14 year-old girl from western Sweden who was regularly beaten and burned by her father and stepmother, who wanted to rid the girl of “evil spirits”, prosecutors allege.

Appeals court acquits Swedish 'exorcist'

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:26:00 +0100

A Swedish man, convicted and sentenced to prison by the district court for abusing his wife and having her “exorcised”, has appealed the verdict and been acquitted by the Court of Appeals (Hovrätten).

Agency 'lacks tools' to assess exorcist killer

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:04:00 +0200

Sweden's National Board of Forensic Medicine (Rättsmedicinalverket) has admitted that it lacks the tools to fully assess the risk of relapse for the 52-year-old man convicted of killing his seven-year-old stepdaughter during an "exorcism".