NATIONAL BRIEFING / ARIZONA
Times Wire Reports
The self-help guru in charge of a spiritual retreat near Sedona where two people died last week after being overcome in a sweat lodge says he is “being tested” by the tragedy. James Arthur Ray broke down in tears at a seminar in Marina del Rey when he addressed the deaths, saying he didn’t know how to deal with the situation.
“I’m grieving right now,” he told about 200 people. “I’m grieving for the families.”
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