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Report: Woman Who Accused Faith Healer ‘John Of God’ Of Rape Commits Suicide

John Bickley

A sex abuse activist who made the sensational claim that celebrity faith healer “John of God” was running a “sex slave” farm of women and selling their babies on the black market has reportedly taken her own life.

Self-proclaimed psychic healer Joao Teixeira de Faria was arrested in December after hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse by women and girls, including his own daughter. Faria rose to international fame after he was promoted by Oprah Winfrey in 2013; his celebrity clients included Paul Simon, Naomi Campbell, and allegedly Bill Clinton, among others.

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