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FILE - In this Aug. 22, 1944 file photo, members of the Pentecostal Church of God, a faith healing sect, surround a woman who has "Got the Spirit" as a man holds a snake above her head in Evarts, Ky. Although a Kentucky statute passed in 1940 prohibits the handling of snakes in connection with religious services, this sect revived the ritual after the recent death of a native of the region who was bitten by rattlesnake. (AP Photo)

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FILE - In this Aug. 6, 1944 file photo, members of the Holiness Faith Healers sect handle poisonous snakes in Stone Creek, Va. as a memorial to Rev. Johnnie Hensley who died after being bitten on July 28, 1944 by a snake being held by Rev. Oscar Hutton, right, a sect member for 23 years. (AP Photo)