British judge says life support treatment can end for a brain-damaged pastor who’s in a coma

A brain-damaged English pastor in a coma can be denied treatment needed to keep him alive, a London judge ruled, saying it was “burdensome and futile” to continue kidney dialysis. The Pentecostal minister's wife had appealed a decision by a Manchester area health authority to end his care, arguing with other family members that his faith required him to be kept alive as long as possible and his death could only be determined by God. The pastor, who is in his early 50s and was not named, has “very significant” brain damage after suffering a stroke while undergoing dialysis 18 months ago.