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'We are being targeted': Voodoo believers fear a backlash
miami herald ^ | Feb 11, 2018 | By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and PHILIP MARCELO

Posted on 02/15/2018 12:58:45 PM PST by Morgana

BOSTON

Two separate crimes against children in recent days have one haunting similarity: authorities have pointed to Voodoo rituals as a possible motive.

But practitioners of Haitian Vodou, which adherents spell differently to distinguish it from other variants, say the religion does not sanction violence and fear the crimes will spark a backlash against their community.

"We are being targeted," said Maude Evans, a Haitian native and Vodou priestess in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood. "I'm really concerned that that's how it's going to be from now on. They will do things and blame it on Vodou."

Two sisters in East Bridgewater were arrested last month after they tied down and burned a 5-year-old girl, permanently disfiguring her, in a "voodoo ritual" meant to rid her of a demon, authorities say. Peggy LaBossiere, who was arrested with her sister Rachel Hilaire, also is accused of threatening to cut off the head of the girl's 8-year-old brother with a machete.

(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Other non-Christian
KEYWORDS: blackmagic; cults; haiti; occult; voodoo
2 separate crimes and the two did not know each other!

Say it, say it..the devil is working overtime.

1 posted on 02/15/2018 12:58:45 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

You do voodoo? get out!


2 posted on 02/15/2018 1:05:07 PM PST by I want the USA back (Cynicism may just keep you from going insane in a world that has chosen its own demise.)
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To: I want the USA back

I don’t they do


3 posted on 02/15/2018 1:05:54 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana
Re> also is accused of threatening to cut off the head of the girl's 8-year-old brother with a machete.

I see a strange resemblance to another religion of peace.

4 posted on 02/15/2018 1:07:15 PM PST by IC Ken
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“I see a strange resemblance to another religion of peace. “

THANK YOU KEN....

and that only took three comments before someone saw it too!!


5 posted on 02/15/2018 1:09:49 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

The children are lucky to be alive and not “chicken” souped.
It’s still very alive in West and central Africa!


6 posted on 02/15/2018 1:20:32 PM PST by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: Morgana

Why can’t they fight back using voodoo dolls and pins?


7 posted on 02/15/2018 1:35:13 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette)
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To: rlmorel

“When you do that Voodoo that you do so well.”


8 posted on 02/15/2018 2:49:10 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing! Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a doctor and I won't touch that thing)
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To: Morgana

Didn’t 007 defeat voodoo by deflowering the voodoo psychic priestess?


9 posted on 02/15/2018 2:50:57 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Morgana

Oh for cripes’ sake ... grow up and quit this idiotic religious posturing. You know voodoo is hoodoo, so why pretend that it’s a legitimate “religion?” It’s like Wicca or Gaia worship or Liberalism ... a childish reaction to the status quo ... a narcissistic attempt to be “different.”


10 posted on 02/15/2018 2:58:56 PM PST by IronJack (A)
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To: IronJack

And yell “look at me!”.. “look at me!”


11 posted on 02/15/2018 3:45:14 PM PST by Reily
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