Herbert and Catherine Schaible were already on probation for the lack of medical attention their 2-year-old son received in 2009, leading to his death. Now, tragedy has struck again as their 8-month-old son Brandon died last week after also not receiving proper medical care.

The parents said that Brandon began experiencing diarrhea and breathing problems for about a week before his death. They did not take him in to see a doctor because their religious beliefs do not allow for medical intervention. 

"There are way more questions than answers at this point. We haven't seen the autopsy report. We don't know the cause of death of this child," the parents' attorney Mythri Jayaraman told The Associated Press. "What we do know is Mr. and Mrs. Schaible are distraught, they are grieving, they are tremendously sad about the loss of their most recent baby."

Herbert and Catherine Schaible were already on probation for ten years after one of their children died in 2009. In that incident the parents reported that their son had coughing, congestion, and a loss of appetite, but they thought he was getting better. Both parents were charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case.

"He [Judge Benjamin Lerner] feels they are a danger to their children - not to the community, but to their own children," says Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore, who prosecuted the couple in 2010.

The Pennsylvania couple met at First Century Gospel Church in Philadelphia and have served as religious teachers there. The church's website has a message directly addressing the role of medicine in the lives of those who follow the word of Christ:

"It is a definite sin to trust in medical help and pills; and it is real faith to trust on the Name of Jesus for healing," says the message.

The Schaibles seemed to believe in this message wholeheartedly, refusing treatment for both themselves and for their children as much as possible. After the death of their son in 2009 the court required that they bring in their children for medical checkups as part of their probation, but they did not go for any more than what was legally required of them.

"Nobody argues that these aren't very loving, nurturing parents," Jayaraman said Tuesday. "Whether their religion had anything to do with the death of their baby, we don't know."