Article July 23, 1990 ISSUE

SECOND THOUGHT

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James M. Wall

The Christian Century

From The Christian Century, May 2, 1990, by James M. Wall

"Christian Scientists David and Ginger Twitchell are on trial in a Boston courtroom, charged with relying on prayer rather than medical care [for] their two-year-old son in 1986. The trial has attracted national attention in part because it is taking place in the Suffolk District Court close by the Mother Church, world headquarters of the Christian Science denomination.

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