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After a brief time where it looked like the boy would rightly be sent to pastors in Africa for the demons that were infesting him to be properly prayed out of him, liberal do-gooders decided he should not go. Based on nothing but their own opinions and their judgemental approach to matters of the spirit they decided the boy ought to remain demon-infested!
At least the do-gooders decided to not reject something holy out of hand. I wonder if they would be so "curious" if it were a British pastor offering to exorcise the boy or if they'd just immediately put a stop to matters of family and religion.
Needless to say, secularists were against such open-mindedness. Loving people in Africa wanting to help a suffering boy properly under supervision of ordained pastors have been denied the right to get the boy right with God.
Let's look at what happens when "kindoki" (quaint African name for evil spirits) are allowed to run riot and parents and carers cannot approach their local councils for fear of similar persecution.
The dreadful secularist judgementalist approach continues. Bereft of such sage guidance from the lord as Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: they were quick to condemn the boy to eternal torment rather than upset their sensibilities.
The secularist agenda was laid bare in this hateful statement.
African Christians are, perhaps, an easy target for xenophobia comes into it but how long before this principle is actually carried forwards in Britain and even America when religiously upstanding folk beat their children or want to keep them free from evil?
OK, so it's a bunch of Presbytarians in Africa, but they are at least trying to do right by this boy in the eyes of God, and for this they are called vicious and superstitious abusers of children? What a double standard!
Social workers considered sending boy to the Congo for exorcism
Council chiefs have been criticised for considering sending a boy in their care for exorcism.
The boy, whose family were from Africa, had been taken into care by Islington council in north London.
His mother, who no longer had responsibility for her child, asked for him to be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo for "deliverance".
The boy's family claimed this was necessary because they believed he was possessed by "kindoki" or evil spirits.
Islington social services officials then paid more than £4,000 for an expert to travel to Africa to investigate.
Council chiefs have been criticised for considering sending a boy in their care for exorcism.
The boy, whose family were from Africa, had been taken into care by Islington council in north London.
His mother, who no longer had responsibility for her child, asked for him to be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo for "deliverance".
The boy's family claimed this was necessary because they believed he was possessed by "kindoki" or evil spirits.
Islington social services officials then paid more than £4,000 for an expert to travel to Africa to investigate.
The expert, Richard Hoskins, an academic specialising in African religions, was alarmed by what he saw on the visit, and advised the council that the boy should not be exorcised.
After receiving his report, the council - then under Liberal Democrat control - abandoned the plan.
Dr Hoskins said that prior to his trip, some Islington council officials had been "mindful to agree to the request" for exorcism.
After receiving his report, the council - then under Liberal Democrat control - abandoned the plan.
Dr Hoskins said that prior to his trip, some Islington council officials had been "mindful to agree to the request" for exorcism.
Let's look at what happens when "kindoki" (quaint African name for evil spirits) are allowed to run riot and parents and carers cannot approach their local councils for fear of similar persecution.
During his visit to Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, in 2005, Dr Hoskins met the grandparents of the boy at the centre of the case. They told him that the child had been "infected by sorcery" while in the UK and that he "would destroy them all".
The deliverance that the boy was to undergo would have involved starving him of food and fluids for three days.
At the end of the fasting period, he would be surrounded by the deliverance team who would pray over him and command the evil spirit to be cast out of the child. When deliverance takes place, the child vomits up the "sorcery bread" that has been infecting him.
Dr Hoskins also met the pastor from the Pentecostal church attended by the grandparents, who warned that if the evil spirits were not dealt with, they would cause "strife, illness, divorce, hardship, poverty and death".
The pastor claimed that the boy would have sorcery tools to perform magic with, such as mirrors, brushes, sticks and string, and warned that these would have to be confiscated.
Dr Hoskins asked whether the boy would be beaten, and was assured that this was not part of the normal deliverance process. However, when he was presented with a boy who had recently undergone the ordeal, he found the child "scared and traumatised".
The deliverance that the boy was to undergo would have involved starving him of food and fluids for three days.
At the end of the fasting period, he would be surrounded by the deliverance team who would pray over him and command the evil spirit to be cast out of the child. When deliverance takes place, the child vomits up the "sorcery bread" that has been infecting him.
Dr Hoskins also met the pastor from the Pentecostal church attended by the grandparents, who warned that if the evil spirits were not dealt with, they would cause "strife, illness, divorce, hardship, poverty and death".
The pastor claimed that the boy would have sorcery tools to perform magic with, such as mirrors, brushes, sticks and string, and warned that these would have to be confiscated.
Dr Hoskins asked whether the boy would be beaten, and was assured that this was not part of the normal deliverance process. However, when he was presented with a boy who had recently undergone the ordeal, he found the child "scared and traumatised".
In his report to the council, the academic wrote: "Whilst I found the family and the church to be very friendly, I cannot recommend that the child be allowed to go through a deliverance service such as that envisaged.
"From my research I think this might be deeply disturbing and traumatising for him."
Speaking yesterday at the education conference at Wellington College, in Berkshire, Dr Hoskins, a research fellow in criminology at Roehampton University, said: "These deliverances can be very violent.
"In one case I met a girl at death's door because the pastor had not let her drink for days despite the tropical heat.
"Children are often shaken, beaten and sprayed with chilli peppers. They are sometimes even cut with razor blades."
Witchcraft or "kindoki" is a widespread belief in parts of central and western Africa and in the DRC in particular. It is not uncommon for children to be accused of being witches and have to endure exorcisms.
"From my research I think this might be deeply disturbing and traumatising for him."
Speaking yesterday at the education conference at Wellington College, in Berkshire, Dr Hoskins, a research fellow in criminology at Roehampton University, said: "These deliverances can be very violent.
"In one case I met a girl at death's door because the pastor had not let her drink for days despite the tropical heat.
"Children are often shaken, beaten and sprayed with chilli peppers. They are sometimes even cut with razor blades."
Witchcraft or "kindoki" is a widespread belief in parts of central and western Africa and in the DRC in particular. It is not uncommon for children to be accused of being witches and have to endure exorcisms.
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "It is not acceptable for councils to be considering this. These services can be extremely traumatic. We are tackling all forms of child abuse linked to belief, including belief in witchcraft or spirit possession.
"Such abuse is rightly condemned by people of all cultures, communities and faiths.
"Local authorities and voluntary, community and faith organisations are working together with the Government to understand faith-based child abuse better, raise awareness of this issue among professionals and the public, and support communities to tackle this form of child abuse.”
"Such abuse is rightly condemned by people of all cultures, communities and faiths.
"Local authorities and voluntary, community and faith organisations are working together with the Government to understand faith-based child abuse better, raise awareness of this issue among professionals and the public, and support communities to tackle this form of child abuse.”
Exodus 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Why is our Christian culture denied to us? Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
OK, so it's a bunch of Presbytarians in Africa, but they are at least trying to do right by this boy in the eyes of God, and for this they are called vicious and superstitious abusers of children? What a double standard!
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