Christian parents convicted of neglect after relying on prayer to heal baby girl with 'baseball-sized' face tumour

An abnormal growth of blood vessels on her left eye could have blinded her.
But Christian couple Timothy and Rebecca Wyland relied on faith healing instead of taking infant daughter Alayna to a doctor.
Her condition has now improved under state-ordered medical care but her parents have been convicted in Oregon of felony criminal mistreatment.
Alayna was born in December 2009 and developed the blood vessels that covered her left eye and threatened her vision.
But her parents belong to unorthodox Oregon City congregation the Followers of Christ, which relies on faith healing.
So rather than taking their daughter to a doctor, they relied on prayer, anointing her with oil and laying hands on her.