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FILE – In this April 19, 2017, file photo, the Rev. Rowland Foster, center, shakes hands with defense attorney Chris Ferro, right, before a court hearing in Bernville, Pa. Foster, the pastor of a church that rejects modern medicine is due in court in Pennsylvania on a charge that he failed to report suspected abuse when his 2-year-old granddaughter died of pneumonia. Foster is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, for a preliminary hearing that will determine if there’s enough evidence to send the case to trial. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo, File)

Pastor to face trial in granddaughter’s faith healing death

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

Rowland Foster leaves district court after charges were dismissed against him Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in Bernville, Pa. A district judge today dismissed charges against grandfather and pastor Foster, accused of failing to report suspected child neglect that authorities said led to the death of Ella Grace Foster, his 2-year-old grandaughter. District Judge Andrea J. Book issued the ruling following a two-hour hearing in Jefferson Township on Wednesday. Foster, 71, of Lebanon had been charged with failure to report or refer an incident of child abuse. He is pastor for the Faith Tabernacle Harrisburg District. ( Susan L. Angstadt/Reading Eagle via AP)

Judge tosses charge against pastor in faith-healing death

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

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