Nigeria - An increasing number of young children have been denounced by evangelical churches in Nigeria who have accused the children of being witches. Those churches have been characterized as renegade local branches of international franchises. The result is that many of those accused children are then tortured and killed by parishioners who take literally the Biblical exhortation, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
Poor education and poverty have laid the foundation for this situation along with the rapid growth of evangelical Christianity. The Mount Zion Lighthouse, part of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria is one church responsible for accusations.
Statistics indication around 1,000 children have been murdered and over 15,000 accused.
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