Two voodoo sisters arrested for burning 5-year-old girl in "ritual cleansing" and threatening to kill her brother

Two sisters have been accused of permanently disfiguring a five-year-old girl in a voodoo ritual meant to rid her of demons causing her to misbehave. They also threatened to cut off the head of the girl’s 8-year-old brother with a machete, authorities said.

Peggy LaBossiere, 51, and Rachel Hilaire, 40, from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, allegedly tied down the 5-year-old girl and burned her. The sisters also put stinging substances in the girl’s eyes as part of the disturbing ritual conducted at the request of the girl’s mother. LaBossiere is accused of setting a stick on…