Quoted: Shawn Peters, the author of three books on religion and the law, including â??When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children and the Lawâ? (Oxford, 2007), said the outcome of the Neumann case was likely to set an important precedent.
â??The laws around the country are pretty unsettled,â? said Mr. Peters, who teaches religion at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and has been consulted by prosecutors and defense lawyers in the case.