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Court Rules Against Texas in Polygamy Case
2008-05-22 22:22:00 The ruling asserted that the state?s child protection agency not only acted hastily in removing the children from the Yearning for Zion Ranch in April but also failed to show that they were in immediate danger. More About: Texas , Polygamy , Rules , Case , Court
Publisher to suspend cartoon sales after Muslims say it insults Islam
2008-05-22 20:05:00 Here we go again... A popular Japanese cartoon is sparking off outcries in the Muslim world where some fear it could fuel a backlash not seen since European papers carried cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed and a Dutch lawmaker released a controversial film earlier this year. More About: Cartoon , Islam , Sales , Muslims , Publisher
Appellate court overturns polygamist sect custody decision
2008-05-22 19:39:00 The Third Court of Appeals in Austin ruled that the grounds for removing the children were "legally and factually insufficient" under Texas law. More About: Decision , Custody
Half of sect?s moms in foster care declared adults
2008-05-22 19:23:00 15 of the 31 mothers are adults; one is actually 27. More About: Care , Moms , Foster Care , Foster , Half
Manson ranch dig called off with no bodies found
2008-05-22 12:31:00 Investigators and scientists went to Charles Manson 's last hideout to hunt for clandestine graves that could contain other possible victims. The closest thing they found were animal bones. More About: Bodies , Ranch
Bail denied for 2 held in missing-child case
2008-05-22 11:02:00 Police and prosecutors say the three are connected to the religious group 1 Mind Ministries, which operated for a time in East Baltimore. More About: Case , Child , Missing , Held
Kenya mob burns 15 women to death over witchcraft
2008-05-22 08:40:00 Dozens of suspected people were killed in western Kenya in the 1990s, amid allegations of sorcery. Several cases were also reported in recent months in neighbouring Tanzania, forcing President Jakaya Kikwete to order special protection for albino, who were being murdered and mutilated for good luck by with-doctors. More About: Women , Witchcraft , Death , Burns
National group: Faith-based prosecution is first for Wisconsin
2008-05-22 08:27:00 The parents charged with reckless homicide for praying while their 11-year-old daughter died of diabetes are the first people in Wisconsin accused of such a crime, according to a national group that monitors faith-based abuse and neglect of children. More About: National , Faith , Faith Healing , Group
Scientology arrest makes a mockery of the law
2008-05-22 08:13:00 Scientologists mess with people's minds. The pity is that they now seem to have warped the minds of the City of London Police. More About: Scientology , Arrest
Germany: Exorcists are summoned from abroad to drive the demons away
2008-05-22 07:53:00 Hundreds of Germans, tortured by inner voices, are on the search for priests who can free them from what they believe to be the grip of the Devil, according to an extraordinary radio documentary that has stirred an awkward debate about exorcism in the Catholic Church . More About: Germany , Drive , Exorcism , Demons
Phelps family loses in court
2008-05-21 15:46:00 The Westboro hate group, which masquerades as a church, may loose all its property. More About: Family , Court
Muslim?s threat to sex-swap driving school
2008-05-21 12:44:00 A Muslim husband threatened to sue an all-female driving school after discovering that his wife's driving instructor used to be a man. More About: Driving , School , Swap , Threat
In England, can you call Scientology a cult?
2008-05-21 12:12:00 A teenager in England faces prosecution for the wording of a sign he carried while protesting the Scientology cult during the most recent Anonymous demonstration. [video] More About: Cult , Call
Relatives outside FLDS sect seek custody in Texas case
2008-05-21 11:05:00 Two men excommunicated by a polygamous sect went to a west Texas court Tuesday to offer themselves as guardians for their children if the state, which seized the children from a church-run ranch, deems their mothers unfit. More About: Relatives , Case , Custody , Seek
CPS admits more sect girls are adults
2008-05-21 10:15:00 Ten "girls" taken into custody by Texas Child Protective Services have convinced the agency they are really adults and more are expected to be similarly reclassified this week, weakening the agency's claim that dozens of underage girls were forced by a polygamist sect to have sex with older men. More About: Girls
Doomsday cult bunker blown up
2008-05-21 10:06:00 The bunker became home to 35 sect members, including children, who barricaded themselves in last November waiting for the end of the world. [video] More About: Cult , True Russian Orthodox Church , Doomsday
Pastor sentenced in illegal immigrant visa scheme
2008-05-21 09:58:00 Gerald said she "didn't think it was wrong," when she charged illegal immigrants hundreds of dollars to fill out untruthful applications. More About: Visa , Illegal , Sentenced , Immigrant , Pastor
Children from sect can not discuss leader Warren Jeffs
2008-05-21 09:44:00 State Child Protective Services officials say that forbidding discussion about the convicted sex offender and jailed leader of a polygamous sect is a way to protect the more than 450 children from the sect who have been scattered around the state in foster care since the state removed them from a ranch near the West Texas town of Eldorado last month. More About: Children , Warren , Leader , Warren Jeffs
CPS says polygamist sect?s children can?t have photos of leader Warren Jeff
2008-05-21 09:36:00 "We are concerned about his teachings," a CPS spokeswoman said. "We think his teachings are what led in part to the investigation that we are involved in at this time." More About: Children , Photos , Warren , Jeff , Leader
New Mexico sect leader accused anew of sex abuse
2008-05-21 09:29:00 Wayne Bent, who who thinks he is the Son of God, was indicted Tuesday in a new court on suspicion of sex crimes against two young female followers. [video] More About: Abuse , Mexico , New Mexico , Leader
Will Smith funds school teaching Scientology creator?s study method
2008-05-19 18:28:00 The curriculum at Smith's New Village Academy of Calabasas, on which he has spent nearly £500,000, uses different educational theories including "study technology" ? a learning method developed by L Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology . More About: Will Smith , Study , Teaching , School
Locals in Russia?s Penza glad doomsday cult saga over
2008-05-19 14:44:00 The long-running saga made local officials aware of some of the problems facing residents and local authorities even repaired roads to allow easier access to the cave, locals said. More About: Cult , Russia , Saga , True Russian Orthodox Church , Glad
He lied to get into the church
2008-05-19 12:56:00 Taibbi, a contributing editor for Rolling Stone, spent more than four months in 2006 and 2007 pretending to worship at the San Antonio megachurch whose pastor, John Hagee, has lately aired regrets if his past comments, including a reference to the "great whore" in the Book of Revelation, proved hurtful to Catholics. More About: Church , The Church , Lied
Big Brother house just like living with sect
2008-05-19 12:44:00 A contestant has begun to open up about his life with the Exclusive Brethren sect during the filming of Big Brother . He has described a life of no television - and countless rules. More About: House , Living
More yogic flyers arrive in Fairfield, Ohio
2008-05-19 12:02:00 Studies have shown that group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying, can foster harmony in society and reduce crime, war and other negative tendencies. In order to have the influence, research has shown the size of the group needs to exceed the square root of 1 percent of the population of a given area. That figure for the United States is 1,743. [Quoted verbatim...] More About: Ohio , Flyers , Fairfield
Scientology Cruise Ship Locked Down Due to Blue Asbestos Contamination
2008-05-19 11:36:00 Cult' s ship sealed by health officials; Scientology execs knew about the contamination since at least 2001, yet had done nothing. [video] More About: Locked , Blue , Cruise , Ship
LDS says Wikileaks web site violated its policy handbook copyrights
2008-05-19 11:29:00 "Wikileaks will not remove the handbooks [the Church Handbook of Instructions is a two-volume set], which are of substantial interest to current and former Mormons," according to a Wikinews article. "Wikileaks will remain a place where people from around the world can safely reveal the truth." More About: Site , Policy , Copyrights , Web site
Pastor flogs church member to death
2008-05-19 11:23:00 Pandemonium broke out weekend in Benin after a member of one of the new generation churches in the city, identified as Stella was allegedly flogged to death by her Pastor during a deliverance session. More About: Church , Death , Exorcism
Judges to separate FLDS sect custody cases
2008-05-19 11:11:00 This is standard operating procedure for family court, but these are hardly standard cases. More About: Judges , Cases , Custody
FLDS compound in Black Hills shrouded in secrecy
More articles from this author:2008-05-17 16:52:00 The possibility that a raid on a Texas polygamist compound stemmed from hoax calls to a shelter makes local law enforcement here more cautious about what would trigger a response to allegations of abuse at the sect's ranch in South Dakota's Black Hills . More About: Secrecy , Black Hills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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