Feb. 10, 2005 -- -- For nearly 30 years, millions have visited the tiny village of Abadiania in remote, central Brazil to see a man some call the most powerful spiritual healer since Jesus and others ...

Brazilian medium Joao de Deus (John of God) (R) sees a patient. Every week using mainly his hands but also armed with scissors, a knife and scalpel, Joao Teixeira de Faria, a self-styled Brazilian ...

John of God: The Crimes of a Spiritual Healer is the wild four-part documentary series about Brazilian physic and convicted sex offender, João Teixeira de Faria, also known as João de Deus, or perhaps ...

It took a powerful force to compel Connie Price to travel 4,600 miles from her Jackson home to Brazil so a knife could be scraped across her eyeball. That force is faith. Price and her husband, Dan, ...

Our fascination with the idea of cults and what causes people to follow certain figures is endless; we’ve soaked it up in multiple Scientology documentaries like Going Clear: Scientology and the ...

JOHN of God was well known around the world for his supposed healing powers, before he got sentenced for various crimes. But how long will the so-called medium be in prison and what were the charges ...

THE tales of John of God’s healing powers were legendary: he could scrape an eyeball with a kitchen knife to cure blindness, or wave a hand over a man’s shirt and heal his heart condition. But the ...

Australia is soon to play host to two men known to the world for their extraordinary ability to mystify their audiences. John of God, a faith healer from Brazil, has a huge global following, many of ...

July 14, 2005 -- -- For nearly 30 years, millions have visited the tiny village of Abadiania in remote, central Brazil to see a man some call the most powerful spiritual healer since Jesus and others ...

Psychic healer John of God was loved by millions around the world until allegations of 600 counts of sexual abuse came to light THE tales of John of God’s healing powers were legendary: he could ...