Woman charged in faith-healing death of baby son gets bail; judge denies release of husband

Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2013-06-23 14:36

Story here. Excerpt:

'PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia faith-healing believer charged with murder after a second son died of pneumonia has been granted bail, but her husband must stay in jail.

Officials at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center told The Associated Press on Saturday that Catherine Schaible can live in her parents' home under electronic monitoring once her $250,000 bail is posted.
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They are charged with third-degree murder in the April pneumonia death of 8-month-old son Brandon. They had been convicted of involuntary manslaughter after their 2-year-old son, Kent, died of pneumonia in 2009. The couple's seven surviving children are in foster care.
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Defense attorney Mythri Jayaraman argued that Catherine Schaible was less culpable because the couple's church taught that a wife must be "submissive to her husband." Pastor Nelson Clark and Assistant Pastor Ralph Myers of First Century Gospel Church testified that Herbert Schaible made decisions about the welfare of the couple's children.
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Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore argued against treating Catherine Schaible differently from her husband.

"She was that child's mother, and he was that child's father, and they both have equal responsibility for that child," she said.'

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What their church taught abt wifely submissiveness (as if anyone ever bought that anyway) is irrelevant to culpability. More of the same dbl-standards applied whenever it's convenient in the name of nymphotropism. It's all abt female empowerment and autonomy when it comes to doling out goodies and presuming women have full capacity to make their own decisions in all spheres (incl. what religion to follow) but then when it comes to actually being held accountable for criminal actions, suddenly, it's not so much her fault. No wonder faith in our justice system is so low. But maybe that low faith has less to do w/ its nymphotropism and more to do with other things, as alas most people still don't seem to mind it even when it allows guilty women to avoid any significant consequences for their actions.

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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2013-06-23 15:03