PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia couple whose son nearly died
of cancer because they chose to treat his condition with faith
healing instead of medicine were sentenced Thursday to 14 months
probation. Daniel and Anne Foster will not get custody of their
3-year-old son, Patrick, who has been living with his paternal aunt
and uncle since last year. A judge also ordered the pair to put two
other children into the care of a licensed pediatrician. The couple,
members of the Faith Tabernacle Congregation church, were convicted
in May of child endangerment and criminal conspiracy after refusing
to get life-saving medical care for their son in 1997 because of
their religious beliefs. Prosecutors said the boy, then 2, was only
hours from death when social workers took him to a hospital. See
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