Girl died after insulin stopped

- 1 February 1992

WELLINGTON (PA) —

A diabetic girl died in Wellington Hospital after her parents stopped her supply of insulin in the belief that she had been healed by a Christian faith healer, coroner Erica Kremic said in the coroner’s court here.

Mrs Kremic said the seven-year-old girl died in the intensive care unit of Wellington Hospital on June 26 last year of brain swelling secondary to diabetic ketoacidosis.

The girl’s family belonged to the Petone Christian Fellowship. Fellowship leader Brenton Williams prayed over the girl on Sunday June 10, saying God told him the girl would be healed if he prayed over her.