A church in a St Andrew community was the scene of a confrontation recently between several church members and a deaconess who accused them of using obeah to kill her child.

"I heard that she box di deacon and beat up anybody else who she could reach. She was acting mad, so they had to call the police," a church sister said.

THE STAR understands that the death of the child reportedly had a serious effect on the deaconess. It is said that she was convinced of the use of obeah because her baby, who died during a miscarriage, was reported to have had some weird features.

So during morning service sometime after her loss, the deaconess decided to express her anger.

"She wasn't afraid to talk about her miscarriage because I heard she had put it on the Internet. She had several miscarriages and when she lost the baby, I heard she was about eight months pregnant," the church sister further reasoned.

cursing expletives

Another woman from the community told THE STAR that on the day of the incident the deaconess lost her cool in the service and began cursing expletives. "She said a people kill her baby because dem jealous of her husband because him look good and rumours have been circulating that somebody gave her obeah ackee to eat," the source said.

The woman further stated that; "I heard that people from the church put obeah oil at her door front with parchment paper with some names on it and the mother burn it and from that incident she has been acting a little kinky."

It is said that the church members had to hold her and calm her down. "... Di police did come because she was out of control. Mi hear seh she box one of the deacons of the church in his face and tell him some bad words. She was a deaconess in the church and she used to read the Bible every Sunday, if she nuh read the Bible, Bible nuh read; but she nuh go there anymore."

In the meantime, efforts made by THE STAR to confirm the incident with the police in the community proved futile