{"id":1973533,"date":"2023-07-14T19:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T23:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-of-god-oprahs-faith-healer-faces-a-370-year-prison-sentence\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T19:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T23:17:17","slug":"john-of-god-oprahs-faith-healer-faces-a-370-year-prison-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-of-god-oprahs-faith-healer-faces-a-370-year-prison-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;John of God,&#8217; Oprah&#8217;s &#8216;Faith Healer,&#8217; Could Serve 370 Years in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-of-god-oprahs-faith-healer-faces-a-370-year-prison-sentence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1973533&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brazilian medium Joao de Deus (John of God) (R) sees a patient, at his \u201cCasa de Dom Inacio de Loyola\u201d (House of Don Ignacio de Loyola), in Abadiania, 120km southwest of Brasilia, state of Goias, on April 4, 2012. (PEDRO LADEIRA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Oprah&#8217;s Spiritual Healer Sentenced to 370 Years in Prison for Rape and Abuse<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>3:58 PM \u2013 Friday, July 14, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian self-identified spiritual healer who rose to fame after appearing on an episode of the <em>Oprah Winfrey Show<\/em> went on trial for rape and sexual abuse. During the trial, he received more years behind bars. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Numerous women have accused Jo\u00e3o Teixeira de Faria, sometimes known as &#8216;John of God,&#8217; of assaulting them sexually while they were receiving spiritual counseling and treatment. This led to police finally making his arrest in December of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>When he was first convicted, all of his multiple sentences were added up and his time behind bars resulted to 270 years and four months.<\/p>\n<p>After almost five years since his arrest, &#8216;John of God&#8217; was found guilty on Monday, and charged with an additional sentence of 99 years. This brought up his prison time to 370 years, 9 months and 15 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Faria\u2019s fame began when he opened a &#8216;clinic&#8217; called Casa de Dom In\u00e1cio de Loyola in the late 1970s in Brazil. In this &#8216;clinic&#8217; he provided a variety of services, from spiritual healing to what seemed to be surgical procedures without anesthesia. He claimed to his clients that he had supernatural powers. <\/p>\n<p>Although he did not have a medical license or any related training, he performed treatments like nasal probing, body incisions, and eye scrapings without anesthesia. His clinic developed into a popular destination for tourists, making a sizable profit from add-on offerings like crystal bed treatments, blessed water, and herbal supplements. These pills, which were eventually discovered to be passionflower herbs, generated him an estimated $40 million in income per year on their own.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Oprah Winfrey, who is well-known for her powerful platform, once devoted an episode of her show to &#8216;John of God,&#8217; extending his influence and endorsing him in the eyes of her millions of followers. His reputation as a trusted spiritual leader was further solidified by Winfrey\u2019s 2012 trip to Brazil to record an episode of <em>Oprah\u2019s Next Chapter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, a dark truth was hidden underneath the fa\u00e7ade of health and spirituality.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oprah\u2019s spiritual healer has been sentenced to 99 years in prison after being found guilty of raping and abusing over 600 women and young girls.<\/p>\n<p>Jo\u00e3o de Deus, or \u201cJohn of God,\u201d also ran a baby trafficking operation where newborn children were sold to childless couples.<\/p>\n<p>Young\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ACYJf8oX6K\">pic.twitter.com\/ACYJf8oX6K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Swann (@BenSwann_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenSwann_\/status\/1679513915179380736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>More than 300 women, including his own daughter, bravely came forward in 2018 to tell their traumatic experiences of sexual assault at the hands of the man they had believed would help them through their suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Even Faria\u2019s own daughter spoke about the horrific rape and abuse she endured at the hands of her father. According to many, he offered to heal them but instead preyed on their weakness, subjecting them to heinous acts of sexual assault and violation.<\/p>\n<p>It is significant to highlight that this alleged spiritual healer is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-of-god-oprahs-faith-healer-faces-a-370-year-prison-sentence\/\" title=\"'John of God,' Oprah's 'Faith Healer,' Could Serve 370 Years in Prison\">facing numerous horrifying accusations<\/a>, not just those of sexual assault. The assertion that &#8216;John of God&#8217; allegedly ran a baby trafficking operation, selling children to childless families, has come to light amid the barrage of accusations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over 600 rape and sexual exploitation allegations have been lodged against Faria. Additionally, he was charged for keeping adolescent girls as sex slaves, forcing them to become pregnant and give birth, and then selling the children to the &#8220;highest bidder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the controversy, Winfrey expressed sympathy for the victims\u2019 families and her desire for justice to be served.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom is drawing the ire of Capitol Hill Conservatives after a recent MSNBC interview accusing Conservative news outlets of fomenting an environment &#8216;where illusion rules&#8217; not fact<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As the House Financial Services Committee initiates a series of hearings to expose ESG investing, Congressman Andy Barr tells One America News that ESG is a fraud on retail investors within the capital markets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the second part of an exclusive interview, Senator Rand Paul says that his legislation The Free Speech Protection Act is particularly timely in light of documented efforts by the Biden Administration to censor free speech on several social media platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>National Political Correspondent Neil W. 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