ST JAMES, Jamaica — Senior Parish Judge Kaysha Grant-Pryce will rule later this month on whether a case against a faith-based group involving charges of cruelty to children is to be dropped.

It follows a May 29 application for Grant- Pryce to dismiss all charges brought against members of Montego Bay- based faith group, Yahweh Qahal.

Thirteen members of the group were in June of 2023 charged for Breaches of the Education Act for operating a school without government approval.