Task force investigates ‘healer’

Police in Brazil say a special task force will investigate accusations by ten women that they were sexually abused by a selfstyled spiritual healer at his clinic in the centralwestern state of Goias.

The accusations against Joao Teixeira de Faria were made on television.

The 10 women say they were molested at Faria’s clinic in the small town of Abadiania, where the man known as John of God has conducted faith healing sessions for more than 40 years. Faria has denied the accusations.

TV host Oprah Winfrey interviewed Faria in 2013 and saw him performing psychic surgeries.