http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/07/faith_healers_plead_not_guilty_to_criminal_mistreatment_of_their_infant_daughter.htmlPublished: Friday, July 30, 2010, 8:03 AM Updated: Friday, July 30, 2010, 8:14 AM
Two members of an Oregon City faith-healing church were charged Thursday with first-degree criminal mistreatment for failing to provide medical care for their infant daughter.
Timothy and Rebecca Wyland pleaded not guilty during a brief appearance before Clackamas County Circuit Judge Robert D. Herndon and were released without bail. snip
Child-protection authorities took custody of the couple's 7-month-old daughter, Alayna, after she developed a growth over her left eye that ballooned over several months to the size of a tennis ball and threatens her vision.
The Wylands did not speak in Thursday's hearing. Rebecca Wyland previously testified that she anointed Alayna with oil but never considered taking her daughter to a doctor.