Cure for bone cancer

Jessica Crank, 15, died of a rare bone cancer on September 15, four months after her mother Jacqueline Crank decided to rely on Jesus instead of following advice from workers at a Lenoir City, Tennessee clinic to take her to the emergency room of the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Jessica reportedly had a basketball-sized tumor on her shoulder. Jacqueline was arrested by Lenoir City Police in June. She and preacher Ariel Ben Sherman, identified as Jessica's "spiritual father," have been charged with aggravated child abuse and neglect charges and may face murder charges. An attempted resurrection of Jessica at her September 18th funeral by Sherman and members of his New Life Ministries was unsuccessful. Attorneys for Sherman and Jacqueline Crank claimed that Jessica supported the decision not to be taken to the doctor. In 1984 Sherman was charged in Oregon with five counts of child abuse and convicted of criminal mistreatment. [Schabner D. No cure for cancer. ABC News.com10/3/02.]

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