During of the voodoo ritual 5-year-old girl he received burns to the face 3rd degree. About the brutal rite said the city police East Bridgewater (County of Plymouth).
According to the children, «ekzortsista» burned by an unhappy face, Squirting into the eyes of a caustic liquid to the blood-stabbed arm and neck. In addition, 8-year-old brother of the girl threatened to cut off his head with machetes.
In fact, sister, 51-year-old Peggy Labossiere and 40-year-old Rachel Hilar — pleaded not guilty,the Associated Press reports.
According to police, the children’s mother — a hairdresser come from Haiti and Peggy Labossiere was a client. It is the mother and asked her to perform a ritual to «expel the child from evil spirits.» The woman didn’t charge, she currently receives psychiatric care.
As told to the defendants, they rubbed children essential oils, and also burned myrrh. «Children sometimes get burned when the spirits leave the body,» explained the sisters.
If they managed to cast out devils, unknown, but the scars of the baby will remain for a long time. After she gets out of the hospital, and her brother will be engaged in social service.
Voodoo — religion that has in some West African countries the status of the state. Haitian voodoo formed among the West African slaves by mixing folk beliefs with elements of Catholicism.
