Even as American pastors strive to cleanse big league politics of gays, the Holy Men of Papua, New Guinea are working diligently to cleanse their country of witches.
Four people have been accused of witchcraft and allegedly tortured in a Papua New Guinea village, following recent deaths in the community which locals suspected were caused by sorcery.
Human rights defenders, church groups and police were preparing to stage a rescue should a spiritualist, known as a “glass man”, be brought in to the village of Kaiwe and “confirm” the accusations.