MADISON, Wis. - Two children and their mother lived for about two months with the decaying body of a 90-year-old woman on the toilet of their home's only bathroom,
on the advice of a religious "superior" who claimed the corpse would come back to life, authorities said Friday.
When the deputy opened the last closed door, she smelled "decaying matter" and noticed something piled on what appeared to be a toilet. Lewis told her it was Middlesworth's body, the complaint said.
Lewis told the deputy that
Middlesworth had died about two months earlier, but that God told her Middlesworth
would come to life if she prayed hard enough.
She said she couldn't say anything more until she spoke with her "superior" — Bushey, 57, also known as Bishop John Peter Bushey.
When Bushey (pronounced "boo-SHAY") arrived, Lewis told the deputy that Middlesworth had appeared to pass out as Lewis helped her into her underwear.
She said she propped Middlesworth on the toilet and left the room to call Bushey, who told her to leave the woman alone and pray for her, the complaint said.
He said he had received signs that God would raise her from the dead with a miracle.
The boy at the house told a detective he had considered running away because he was uncomfortable with the situation. He said Bushey told him
that demons were trying to make it look as if Middlesworth wouldn't come back to life, and that if she were to be discovered he and the girl would have to go to public school and get jobs because Middlesworth paid the bills.
Kids, mom lived with 90-year-old's corpse for weeks in Wis.
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