Religiously Motivated Kidney Donation Rejected In Canada

Jesus Christians is an Australian religious group that believes donating one's kidney for transplant is the ultimate expression of faith. Canadian Press reported earlier this week on a 22-year old Australian man who came to Toronto to donate a kidney. He made the trip because Australian law permits the donation only where the recipient is someone with whom the donor had a long-time friendship. Canadian law permits broader altruistic motivations. However, a Toronto hospital ultimately rejected the offer and sent the man back to Australia, apparently after the man's parents called to complain that he had been brainwashed by a religious cult.