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Acquittal upheld in Geneva for faith-healing preacher Brother Johnson

From Le Temps · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Geneva's appeals court upheld Brother Johnson's acquittal in a case involving the death of a diabetic woman.
  • Prosecutors had accused the Indian preacher of persuading her to stop medical treatment during a 2023 spiritual retreat.
  • The court rejected charges of murder through eventual intent and negligent homicide.

Brother Johnson's acquittal has been upheld in Geneva, despite an appeal by the Public Prosecutor's Office seeking his conviction. The Indian preacher had faced accusations over the death of a diabetic believer.

Prosecutors alleged that Johnson persuaded the woman she had been healed and led her to stop taking her treatment during a spiritual retreat held in Geneva in summer 2023. The case focused on whether that conduct caused the woman's death.

The appeals court once again rejected both the charge of murder through eventual intent and the charge of negligent homicide. Johnson founded Jesus Christ is Lord Ministries, and prosecutor Pierre Bayenet had brought the case against him.

The ruling appears in a 68-page judgment dated Aug. 18 and received by the parties late last week. It reviews the circumstances surrounding the death of the woman in her seventies.

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Originally published by Le Temps in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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