{"id":67231,"date":"2023-09-29T11:59:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/?p=67231"},"modified":"2023-09-29T11:59:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:59:01","slug":"american-missionary-sued-over-claims-she-caused-100-babies-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/american-missionary-sued-over-claims-she-caused-100-babies-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"American missionary sued over claims she caused 100 babies&apos; deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Harrowing documentary lifts the lid on twisted tale of American missionary Renee Bach who was blamed for causing the deaths of more than 100 Ugandan BABIES after being &#8216;called by God&#8217; to save malnourished children<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Renee Bach, 39, is at the center of HBO&#8217;s new three-part Savior Complex<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The evangelist set up a non-profit &#8216;malnutrition rehab center&#8217; in Uganda in 2009<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It was later accused of providing unlicensed medical care to babies and children<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A new documentary series is unraveling the harrowing true story of an American missionary who\u00a0was blamed for the death of more than 100 children.<\/p>\n<p>Renee Bach, 39, who was branded as the Angel of Death, is at the center of HBO&#8217;s new three-part series Savior Complex.<\/p>\n<p>The evangelist, originally from Virginia, set up a non-profit &#8216;malnutrition rehab center&#8217; in Uganda back in 2009 but it was later accused of providing unlicensed &#8211; and allegedly deadly &#8211; medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Renee, who was sued over several deaths but has never faced any criminal charges, either in the US or Uganda, told the program:\u00a0&#8216;I think some of the most wild accusations made about me were that I killed 800 children, was medically experimenting on children, compared to Adolf Hitler and assumed to be part of the KKK.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Here, FEMAIL has laid bare the disturbing realities of the tragedy that unfolded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/20\/75701233-12546385-image-m-21_1695326087487.jpg\" height=\"477\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Renee Bach, 39, who was branded as the Angel of Death, is at the center of HBO &#8216;s new three-part series Savior Complex<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/20\/75702063-12546385-image-m-23_1695326370502.jpg\" height=\"522\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The evangelist, originally from Virginia, set up a non-profit &#8216;malnutrition rehab center&#8217; in Uganda in 2009 but was later accused of providing unlicensed &#8211; and allegedly deadly &#8211; care<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/22\/75701237-12546385-image-a-6_1695332693125.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Renee, who was sued by two African mothers over the deaths of their children, told HBO: &#8216;I think some of the most wild accusations made about me were that I killed 800 children&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Renee, who was a &#8216;homeschooled missionary,&#8217; first traveled to Jinja, Uganda, for a 10-month trip as a teenager in 2007 &#8211;\u00a0but she soon felt &#8216;called by God&#8217; to do more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I just started to see malnutrition everywhere. So many children came seeking help,&#8217; she told the program.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the then 19-year-old returned to the country in 2009, and &#8216;decided to make a malnutrition rehab center.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She started the &#8216;non-governmental organization with money raised through her church in Bedford, Virginia,&#8217; according to\u00a0The New Yorker.<\/p>\n<p>The Serving His Children clinic was aimed at tackling malnutrition in\u00a0impoverished regions by providing free meals and creating community engagement programs.<\/p>\n<p>Renee also set up a blog to document the charity&#8217;s ongoing work &#8211; but her posts, which would later be submitted as evidence against her in court, indicated that she was doing more despite having no medical training.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I hooked the baby up to oxygen and got to work,&#8217; she wrote in 2011. &#8216;I took her temperature, started an IV, checked her blood sugar, tested for malaria, and looked at her [hemoglobin] count.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses also accused Renee of performing medical procedures &#8211; such as inserting catheters and administering medications &#8211; on babies and children, claiming she would\u00a0walk around &#8216;dressed in a clinical coat&#8217; with a &#8216;stethoscope around her neck.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/22\/75701263-12546385-Renee_who_was_a_homeschooled_missionary_first_traveled_to_Jinja_-m-8_1695332767202.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Renee, who was a &#8216;homeschooled missionary,&#8217; first traveled to Jinja, Uganda, for a 10-month trip as a teenager in 2007 &#8211; but she soon felt &#8216;called by God&#8217; to do more<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/21\/75702079-12546385-image-m-25_1695327006374.jpg\" height=\"462\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>As a result, the then 19-year-old returned to the country in 2009, and &#8216;decided to make a malnutrition rehab center&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former volunteer\u00a0Jacqueline Grace Kramlich, who is a registered nurse, spoke to\u00a0ABC News\u00a0and alleged that Renee &#8216;didn&#8217;t believe Ugandan doctors knew what they were talking about&#8217; and instead looked treatments up online.<\/p>\n<p>In the documentary, others also claimed she acted &#8216;as if she was a medical personnel&#8217; but revealed she was &#8216;not qualified.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And when a former nurse who worked with Renee is asked whether she believes is a murderer, she begins to speak before cutting herself off to say: &#8216;Oh God, that&#8217;s a good question.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>From\u00a02010 to 2015, Renee said the center took in 940 children &#8211; but 105 of those died,\u00a0according to NPR.<\/p>\n<p>The facility was becoming increasingly engulfed in problems and authorities were forced to\u00a0shut it down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In January 2019, the first civil case was filed against Renee at the High Court in Jinja.<\/p>\n<p>Gimbo Zubeda&#8217;s three-year-old son and Kakai Annet&#8217;s\u00a0one-year-old son died after receiving treatment at the\u00a0Serving His Children center.<\/p>\n<p>Annet said at the time:\u00a0&#8216;I feel his life was snatched from my arms by the actions of Ms. Renee Bach.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The following year, without accepting liability, Renee and the organization agreed to pay the mothers\u00a035,000,000 Ugandan Shillings each &#8211; about $9,000 &#8211; according to The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/22\/75701261-12546385-image-m-9_1695332792895.jpg\" height=\"468\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Renee, who witnesses said would walk around &#8216;dressed in a clinical coat&#8217; with a &#8216;stethoscope around her neck,&#8217; was accused of performing medical procedures such as inserting catheters and administering medications<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/22\/75701245-12546385-image-m-10_1695332803156.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was also\u00a0alleged that Renee &#8216;didn&#8217;t believe Ugandan doctors knew what they were talking about&#8217; and instead looked treatments up online<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/22\/75701301-12546385-image-a-2_1695332652591.jpg\" height=\"381\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Speculation continued to swirl and Renee was later denounced as the Angel of Death on social media as the clamor against &#8216;white saviors&#8217; only grew louder<\/p>\n<p>However, a short time later, another four families took legal action against the American missionary seeking compensation and an apology as well as demanding that criminal charges be brought against Renee.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation continued to swirl and Renee was later denounced as the Angel of Death on social media.<\/p>\n<p>It also fed into the clamor against &#8216;white saviors&#8217; and the ethics of foreign aid work carried out &#8216;in the name of humanitarian and religious ideals.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She returned to America and is said to have no plans to return to Uganda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Renee now lives with her two daughters &#8211; one of whom\u00a0is a Ugandan Renee adopted after she was brought to the now defunct center, The New Yorker stated.<\/p>\n<p>In the trailer for the upcoming documentary, Renee concluded:\u00a0&#8216;I do believe she saved lives. Hundreds and hundreds of them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I feel like I&#8217;ve taken the hit for every single white person in Uganda. I did not kill children.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span>Savior Complex is available to stream now on HBO Max\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12546385\/missionary-renee-bach-true-story-HBO-deaths-babies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harrowing documentary lifts the lid on twisted tale of American missionary Renee Bach who was blamed for causing the deaths<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American missionary sued over claims she caused 100 babies&amp;apos; deaths - Wordcelnews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/american-missionary-sued-over-claims-she-caused-100-babies-deaths\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"American missionary sued over claims she caused 100 babies&amp;apos; 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