The small religious group in the city of Toowoomba believed in God's healing power and, according to the court, left no room for medical care. The girl died from a serious complication of diabetes.
Elizabeth suffered a slow and painful death, and you are all, in one way or another, responsible, said Judge Martin Burns in court on Wednesday.
Elizabeth's death was, and remains, deeply disturbing, if not for anything else, because it was so easy to prevent.
The parents, the group's leader, and several other individuals were convicted in January for manslaughter at a court in Brisbane. On Wednesday, the sentences were announced: both parents were sentenced to 14 years in prison and the sect leader to 13 years.
The remaining eleven sect members were sentenced to between six and nine years in prison for encouraging the child's father not to give her insulin.
