Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
AAP
AAP
National
Rex Martinich

Effort to keep young girl from mum's cult 'stonewalled'

Medical experts warned about returning an ill child into Kerrie Struhs' orbit, a coroner has heard. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Child safety officials were warned a diabetic girl faced an extreme risk of death if returned to her science-denying, religious extremist mother, two years before the girl's preventable death, a coroner has heard.

Eight-year-old Elizabeth Rose Struhs died at her family's home near Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, after her parents, brother and 11 other members of "the Saints" church group gathered to pray around her.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.