Religious group members found guilty of manslaughter of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs
ABCAll 14 members of a fringe religious group have been found guilty of the manslaughter of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs, who died after her insulin was withheld. Justice Burns said he was not satisfied of this beyond a reasonable doubt, stating there was a possibility in the "cloistered atmosphere of the church which enveloped and which only intensified once he made the decision to cease the administration of insulin, he was so consumed by the particular belief in the healing power of God … that he never came to the full realisation Elizabeth would probably die". Shortly after Elizabeth's death, Jason Struhs told police it "felt right" to stop her insulin and she was "as happy as anything". In footage released by the Supreme Court following the verdicts, Kerrie Struhs told detectives they took Elizabeth off her medication and "waited for God to do his work". Therese Stevens, who was also found guilty of manslaughter, told police Elizabeth was "not dead to us".
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