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Group: Church of God, Aylmer |
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Founder: Pastor Henry Hildebrandt |
Church of God, Aylmer
Couple Reasserts Right to Spank
The Aylmer, Ontario, couple who had seven children temporarily taken away from them because of their fundamentalist Christian belief in corporal punishment, say they will defy a court order that prohibits them from spanking the kids. In a written statement to media, the couple, who remain unidentified to protect the children, said the
youngsters, aged 6 to 14, were traumatized by being removed by family services officials and police July 4.
"We maintain the right to pursue our personal religious convictions based on the word of God, the Bible. As a result, we will no longer comply with ... the agreement," they wrote. "It constitutes an infringement on our right to preserve our religious freedom. We have mutually reached this conclusion based on the word of God, of our own free
will, and without coercion from the church."
Pastor Henry Hildebrandt, of the Church of God, whose teachings ask parents to discipline children by striking them with a rod or switch — rather than the hand, which is reserved for kindness — said: "Because of the teaching of the Bible, the church could no longer encourage the family to abide by the interim agreement, because the hearing [on
the matter] was being postponed and postponed."
The agreement also bars the parents from taking the kids out of Ontario and requires them to accept counseling to learn "alternate methods of discipline." Hildebrandt said the church has no problem with those stipulations but is opposed to social workers making unannounced visits, which he says have "severely psychologically traumatized" the
children. (Toronto Star, 12/10/01, Internet)
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International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries
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Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002 |
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| News Summaries |
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News Summaries: December 15, 2001 to January 15, 2002
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Group: Church of God, Aylmer |
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Founder: Pastor Henry Hildebrandt |
Church of God, Aylmer
Couple Reasserts Right to Spank
The Aylmer, Ontario, couple who had seven children temporarily taken away from them because of their fundamentalist Christian belief in corporal punishment, say they will defy a court order that prohibits them from spanking the kids. In a written statement to media, the couple, who remain unidentified to protect the children, said the
youngsters, aged 6 to 14, were traumatized by being removed by family services officials and police July 4.
"We maintain the right to pursue our personal religious convictions based on the word of God, the Bible. As a result, we will no longer comply with ... the agreement," they wrote. "It constitutes an infringement on our right to preserve our religious freedom. We have mutually reached this conclusion based on the word of God, of our own free
will, and without coercion from the church."
Pastor Henry Hildebrandt, of the Church of God, whose teachings ask parents to discipline children by striking them with a rod or switch — rather than the hand, which is reserved for kindness — said: "Because of the teaching of the Bible, the church could no longer encourage the family to abide by the interim agreement, because the hearing [on
the matter] was being postponed and postponed."
The agreement also bars the parents from taking the kids out of Ontario and requires them to accept counseling to learn "alternate methods of discipline." Hildebrandt said the church has no problem with those stipulations but is opposed to social workers making unannounced visits, which he says have "severely psychologically traumatized" the
children. (Toronto Star, 12/10/01, Internet)
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