FAITH HEALERS DANGEROUS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

Faith healers dangerous for public health, Amsterdam alderman claims
The City of Amsterdam and the COC — an advocacy group for gay men and
women — are calling for an investigation by the Netherlands Health Care
Inspectorate into healing rituals offered by Pentecostal churches to
homosexuals and HIV patients.

Such churches are especially popular among the Antillean and Surinamese
communities in Amsterdam. One church mentioned is the Ambassade van God
(Embassy of God) headed by Yvette Lont, who was until recently an
alderman for the Christian Union. She insists that people can be healed
from HIV infections and from homosexuality. read more (religionnewsblog.com)

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October 6, 2008