Comments on: Attempted Exorcism of Autistic Teenager in Indiana

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:18:48 +0000

This is the CORRECT story. I love how [good Christian(?)] people can make judgements without knowing ANY of the facts.

By: Janet Rumple

Janet Rumple — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:25:38 +0000

Today, Judge Harper sentenced Uyesugi to only 6 months home detention and 2.5 yrs probation (as well as a few other details). What a sad day for how little society values children with autism.

By: Mattew

Mattew — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:34:37 +0000

Nobody is getting the true story here from the press. Uyesugi was asked by the boys mother if he would pray over the boy to see if he could cast out what she felt was a demon. The boys mother was also in a dispute with the church at the time I might add. Edward did hit the boy 2 to 4 times in self defense as the boy was autistic and attacked Ed with a fan. The boys own brother also hit him 2 to 4 times in an effort to defend himself also. The boys mother is lying to the police because if its known that she can not control her autistic son, she will lose him to the state. The church called the police on Uyesugi after the boys mom threatened to sue the church. Why wouldn’t the mother call the police immediately if something terrible like she is claiming now was really happening? It’s because she is fabricating the story in an effort to not have her son taken away from her. Nobody mentions the fact that the autistic boy has a history of violence and has attacked others in the past. The boy was supposed to be on mediction to control his violent outbursts and had been taken off his medication by his mother at the time for some unknown reason. Uyesugi is one of the nicest people you will ever meet or want to know and was there out of the goodness of his heart. The church won’t stand behind Uyesugi now because they are spineless and are making no comments because the mother is threatening a law suit. The boy’s family stated that the boy had attacked others in the past and got beat up much worse. The autistic boy is 6foot tall and over 200lbs and has a propensity for violence and proceeded to attack Uyesugi and Uyesugi tried best to defend himself and help the boy at the same time. You can’t believe a word you hear in the press. Its absolutely ridiculous!

By: wouldnt give out my name on this one

wouldnt give out my name on this one — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:33:07 +0000

Wow! What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?? Its true that most of the people making comments here have only half truths. I guess its not your fault relying on the media has always been a problem when it comes to the truth about something. What really is interesting to me is how many glass houses are being lived in these days. Abuse should never, never happen to anyone period, especially to children. I fell sorry for the boy who went through this. If any of you knew what the boy’s mother has gone through, which by the way is not his bio mom but grandmother, to take care of her son and get him the kind of services he needs to live the best and most full life he possibly can well, maybe there wouldnt be so much ripping and shredding. I only know this person through a close friend but people’s reality of this entire situation is a little slided. I am sure that if some of the inside info was not known to me and all I had were some of the public facts I would be on board with everyone else. Mistakes happen every day all the time that affect peoples lives in a negative way everyday, only they are not made public. The church is being judged because of someone elses severe lack of judgement. To this I say nobody should base Christianity on people but rather on Christ because people will always let you down. For the young man who did this. Well I feel sorry for him as well. From what I know about him, he was a kind young man, smart and wanted to become a doctor. I know people have commented on the fact that if you believe in exorcism you must be a whack job that is just your ignorant opinion. This young man showed a sever lack of judgement. I dont feel that autism is demonic but that does not mean that someone with autism cant be possessed. Just like any other person! I dont know why this mother showed such lack of judgement but I would think that of all places where comments are being posted someone with a severely autistic child might understand the desperate hope that your child could be cured and live a normal life. I mean isnt that what every parent wants? No one should have ever laid a hand on this boy, ( just in case you didnt know casting out demons does not require physical abuse of any kind) And just because people seem to be living what appears to be normal lives does not always mean they do not have a mental disorder. Just something I try to keep in mind. I dont know if that is the case or not but if this young man can do what he did without any prior history of being violent and he seems to not have been in touch with reality??? One can only guess I am just glad that I am not the judge or jury on this one. O yeah and just because mom made a huge mistake does not mean that the child should be ripped from the parent. I know this boy will have long term affects because of what he went through but as someone who has adopted multipal children the long term affects of being taken away from your natural parents can be far more devestating, especially when you are not a baby, which this boy is not. I choose to pray for restoration, and recovery not more trauma.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:23:45 +0000

It is very shocking to many (most, all) that someone today in the USA would think that autism is something to be exorcized.

By: landonsmom

landonsmom — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:49:43 +0000

What in the world does the boy being in foster care have to do with anything????? This is still a crime no matter whether the child was autistic, NT, in foster care or living w/ biological parents….I am from Indiana and the fact that this happened in my home state, totally FREAKS me out….what were these parents thinking? why did they let this go on?

My sympathy goes to the victim, who most likely had no idea WHY he was being treated this way…it breaks my heart and right now, just thinking about it and trying to imagine what this child went through and what he could have been thinking…it makes me cry.

No matter the circumstances, the treatment of this boy was WRONG!!! the “priest” AND the parents should be held accountable for this.

By: Kassiane

Kassiane — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:05:09 +0000

The victim being in foster care doesn’t make it right.

Is that like “it’s ok to abuse him because he was already abused before”?

Oh but GOOD CHRISTIAN ED! He COULDNT!

Spare me. He did wrong. He deserves to share a cell with Tiny and Bubba.

By: mary

mary — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:35:04 +0000

I just want to say I knew Ed, & you would never know he was capable of something like this. He was known as Christian Ed because he always carried his bible & preached. I never would have thought he was so out of touch with reality. This is aweful. I also want to mention that people who are very concerned with this situation ought to research it more. For example, I think the victim was in foster care… basically get the facts people.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:39:35 +0000

I think many would like to know more about what was going on here.

By: nikki

nikki — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:33:51 +0000

This story has so many holes in it. Being someone close to the family I know what REALLY happened. You shouldn’t believe everything you read about or hear on the news. I dont agree with the actions that took place but there is a lot more to this story then is being exposed. The media should be ashamed for making a STORY that only gives half truths and exaggerates the little amount of facts that they do have.