Shame all around.

They're already saying that the family's Christian beliefs were a cause.

Hmmm... "religious support," eh?

While I hope it is NOT the case, I have my suspicions that the guardians are the misinformed charismatic Christian type who nonsensically believe that unless one has "perfect health" then one either "has sin in their life," or they aren't sufficiently righteous, or they don't have enough faith, etc.

I have these suspicions because I have seen the destruction of that brand of blinkered, non-Scriptural nonsense first hand.

I hope my suspicions prove to be unfounded.

Cults are NOT Christian.
Nothing Jesus said even hints that his followers should avoid proper medical attention.

"....due to the privacy provisions of the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act."

Enhancement. Inspector Ricky got a brother writing script in Alberta?

Here's a page from the Canadian Oxford Dictionary for The Perpetually Drivelling:

A is for Affordable
B is for 'bama
C is for Celebrate
D is for Diversity
E is for Enhance
F is for .......

Would kind of like to know more about what happened before slamming anyone.

Nothing Jesus said even hints that his followers should avoid proper medical attention.

Yes, considering Luke was a medical doctor.

Luke being an evangelist , not an apostle , wasnt there at the beginning

".....said it is believed family of the teen initially turned to religious support to deal with possible medical problems, ultimately ending in tragedy."

Are we talking Jehovah's Witnesses here?

Of course Christians are against medical care that's why they destroyed every hospital in every city and town ..... errr what do you mean, 'the RC Church is the oldest and largest healthcare providers in the world'.

yes and the RC church used to run the entire social structure, councilling , orphanages, old folks and hospitals on a tithe.

and have enough left over to put up all those modern tourist attractions. churches , cathedrals and ruins

Does any one know if the family is Christian or JW? The media has great difficulty telling them apart.

No true Christian would allow this to happen. I think we are dealing with some whack job cultist belief system here - but the left never let a good tragedy go to waste and they will exploit it to defame their political enemies.

Well Formerly Jon let me explain it to you. Both Islam and Christianity are big tent religions. In both religions you have a wide spectrum of beliefs and practices. However within each religion is the responsibility to define and decide what is Christian/Muslim and what is heresy. The general media doesn't realize that JWs, Mormons and other fringe cults are not Christian. Likewise there are sects that many Muslims do not consider Muslim. A local Imam I know can not partake in the Haj because he belongs to such a sect. Then of course there is the practices within the religion. A person can profess to be Christian and then act in such a manner as to be better classed as a non Christian. As Jesus said "By their fruits they will be known". Thus a parent who starves his child to death because he is expecting a miracle cure is not acting in a Christian manner. We Christians understand that our God so huge that we literally have no way of knowing how He will help our child. It may be via miracle or it may be via the medical community. We don't know. Therefore anyone who seeks to limit God to only supernatural miracles is acting in a non Christian manner. However I don't know enough details in this particular case to know the reasons for the decision these parents made. I doubt that I would have made the same decision but with this complete lack of details I am not going to judge too harshly.

Possibly a classic case of B&D - bondage and discipline - (also known as fundamentalist religion) gone totally awry.

Sadly the kid didn't have a safe word.