Switzerland’s last executed witch to be rehabilitated
12/6/08
After consultations with Catholic and Protestant authorities, the Swiss canton of Glarus is to rehabilitate a woman executed in 1782 on witchcraft charges. Anna Goeldi, the last witch executed in Europe should be rehabilitated because she was a victim of “judicial murder” more than 200 years ago, the government of the Swiss canton of Glarus said this week, PR Inside reports. The 1782 execution of Anna Goeldi for an alleged case of poisoning was a miscarriage of justice, the cantonal government said. The decision to recommend rehabilitation came after a long debate in the eastern Swiss region and was taken in consultation with the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches. The decision reverses the refusal last year by the cantonal government and the Protestant Church council to consider a rehabilitation. The government changed its view after the cantonal parliament urged it to reconsider.
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Tags: Christianity, Religion, Witchcraft