Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government The mother, uncle, and grandfather of a 3-year-old victim of child abuse have been charged after they allegedly caused her death during an exorcism.
San Jose District Attorney Jeff Rosen charged the child’s uncle, Rene Aaron Hernandez Santos, 19, and grandfather, Rene Trigueros Hernandez, 59, in connection to the September 2021 death of Arely Naomi Proctor, the 3-year-old who died during an attempted exorcism performed by her family at a residential church in California where her grandfather served as the certified pastor, according to charging documents filed Friday.
Both admitted to police at the scene that they all prayed while taking turns holding Proctor down, strangling, and applying pressure to her chest while inducing her to vomit multiple times on Sept. 24, 2021, the documents read. But on Thursday, the uncle changed his testimony, saying he attempted to resuscitate his niece after he realized she had died despite his prior testimony that neither of the family members attempted to revive Proctor…
