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Related: About this forumLondon: 'Witchcraft' abuse cases on the rise
Child abuse linked to exorcism and witchcraft accusations is on the rise, figures obtained by the BBC suggest.
The Metropolitan Police said there had been 60 crimes linked to faith in London so far this year. It saw reports double from 23 in 2013 to 46 in 2014.
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"We've had a case within the last year where a nine-year-old boy had been called a devil child and thrown out of his address by his parents and was found by social services standing in his bare feet."
In another case a child was attacked by his mother, who bit him on the face and tried to smother him, because she believed he was a "witch possessed by evil spirits".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34475424
The Metropolitan Police said there had been 60 crimes linked to faith in London so far this year. It saw reports double from 23 in 2013 to 46 in 2014.
...
"We've had a case within the last year where a nine-year-old boy had been called a devil child and thrown out of his address by his parents and was found by social services standing in his bare feet."
In another case a child was attacked by his mother, who bit him on the face and tried to smother him, because she believed he was a "witch possessed by evil spirits".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34475424
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London: 'Witchcraft' abuse cases on the rise (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2015
OP
I'm glad to learn that the UK has and enforces laws against biting children in the face
struggle4progress
Oct 2015
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RKP5637
(67,108 posts)1. OMG, as the world regresses. n/t
Yorktown
(2,884 posts)2. Belief in witchcraft is still very strong in Africa
Not to mention the witch recently put to death in Saudi Arabia,
or the resurgence of exorcisms in Mexico as the central state crumbles.
Middle Ages, here we come..
struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)3. I'm glad to learn that the UK has and enforces laws against biting children in the face
or trying to smother them and so on
But I'm really not surprised the UK has such laws, since I've always regarded it as a civilized country, despite having an established church -- a practice which we on this side of the pond continue to regard as somewhat quaint
And I expect almost all of the good people in that land know better than to abandon a child, barefoot or not, and that most would expect the behaviors outlined in the article to produce criminal prosecution