Brazil police to investigate spiritual healer
Marcelo Silva De Sousa, Associated Press
Published 12:35 pm CST, Monday, December 10, 2018
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A special task force will investigate accusations by 10 women that they were sexually abused by a self-styled spiritual healer at his clinic in Brazil's central-western state of Goias, police said Monday.
The accusations against Joao Teixeira de Faria, known as John of God, were made Saturday night on the Globo TV network.
The 10 women told O Globo they were molested at Faria's clinic in the small town of Abadiania, where Faria has conducted faith healing sessions for more than 40 years.
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Brazil-police-to-investigate-spiritual-healer-13454545.php
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Twelve Women Accuse Medium John Of God Of Sexual Abuse
Newspaper O Globo and talk show host Pedro Bial first reported the accusations
Dec.9.2018 2:02AM
SÃO PAULO
Twelve women have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse against world-famous Brazilian medium and spiritual healer João de Deus (John of God). According to the victims, he abused them when they sought spiritual healing in the House of Dom Inácio de Loyola, in Abadiânia (GO), where thousands of people from all over the world go searching for spiritual treatments and counseling to every week.
The cases were first reported by news articles in newspaper O Globo and in a special episode of TV Globo's late-night talk show "Conversa com Bial."
According to O Globo's piece, 12 women reported unwanted sexual advances from De Deus. The reporters spoke to six of them,
"Conversa com Bial's" host Pedro Bial and reporter Camila Appel also interview 10 of those women and heard similar accounts. The talk show only showed four of them, because of time constraints.
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https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2018/12/twelve-women-accuse-medium-john-of-god-of-sexual-abuse.shtml?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsen
Oh, well....
BWBB (Boys will be boys) (Old, perverted boys?)
