Calm, private discussion
Fear and worry are heard without judgement.
An elderly aunt is being called a witch by her own relatives
She is seventy-three, widowed, sharp-tongued and lives alone in Longsight. After a baby in the family was stillborn, someone remembered that she had looked at the mother's bump and said nothing. Now cousins cross the road. Children are kept from her. Someone has put something through her letterbox. She rings you and says only that she is tired.

Fear and worry are heard without judgement.
We separate genuine concerns from ordinary stress or health.
Guidance on prayer and protection from anywhere.
Only protective and peaceful remedies are advised.
A widow who never had children is blamed for a run of misfortunes among her nephews' families. She is left out of a wedding. A teenager shouts a word at her in the street. She stops going to the temple, which was her only company.
Accusations of witchcraft or of a harmful 'eye' fall with dismal regularity on older women who live alone, are childless or outspoken, or hold property others want. They express grief and envy, and they isolate someone already vulnerable. In Britain, harassment of this kind is an offence, and safeguarding services take it seriously.
We never name anyone as a source of harm. A consultation helps you plan how to protect her and speak to the family. No change in relatives' hearts can be promised.
A loss the family could not bear without someone to blame.
Practical protection and company.
A priest, an elder, the GP.
Incidents, dates and who is involved. The main service page describes how sessions run.
How the consultation worksReport it. It is harassment and may be a hate crime.
Isolation harms health. Visit, and take her out.
Be alert to this motive, and help her get advice.
Visit her, and be seen with her at family and community occasions. Say plainly to relatives that the accusation is baseless and cruel. One person refusing to go along often gives others permission to stop.
Report harassment to Greater Manchester Police on 101, or 999 if she is threatened. Contact the council's adult safeguarding team if she is at risk or being pressured over property. Ask the temple priest or a respected elder to speak at a gathering about the wrong of such talk. And tend to the grieving parents; their loss needs comfort that blame will never give. If property or money seems to be behind the accusations, help her get independent legal advice so that her rights are protected whatever the family says.
The session is online and can be joined from Manchester. We help you plan what to say. Birth details are not required.
No. Stillbirth has medical causes. Blaming her adds a second tragedy.
A priest, a senior relative, or the family doctor explaining the medical facts.
Harassment and threats are offences. The police can advise on the specifics.
Respect her wishes, and keep visiting. Isolation is what the accusation produces.