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DJW
,→2009: Wikify.
In 2009, the man was charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. He was convicted of criminal negligence causing bodily harm but acquitted of the other two charges. The B.C. Court of Appeal found him guilty on all counts, and he appealed to the [https://scc-csc.ca/home-accueil/index-eng.aspx Supreme Court].
The father identifies himself as a Jehovah’s Witness — a church that neither condones nor forbids the practice. He said he personally believes [[circumcision ]] is necessary to “make things right with God.”
He also argues that he didn't intend to hurt his son and took many safety precautions including consulting doctors (who advised him against it) and reading about circumcision online.<ref>{{REFweb
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A trial judge found that over the years after his son’s birth, the father known only as D.J.W. decided to “make things right with God” by following the [[Abrahamic covenant| laws of Moses]], according to court documents. This included [[circumcision]].
The trial judge found that D.J.W. had consulted with two rabbis and four physicians, and had asked several doctors to perform his son’s [[circumcision]]. None would do it because the boy would have required a general anesthetic, which could not be justified for a child so young.
The Supreme Court ruled that DJW is guilty of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
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The trial judge found the kitchen was not a sanitary place for a surgical procedure, that the blade used wasn't as sharp as a surgical instrument and it was inappropriate to use a veterinary product to try and staunch the [[bleeding]] from the boy's partly severed [[foreskin]].
DJW's religious background was as a Jehovah's Witness, although he was "disfellowshipped" by his family and the church. The Crown said his religious education and associations later led him to believe that male circumcision was a covenant with God.