Convicted cult leader Dwight York seeks compassionate release citing rare medical condition
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PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — Attorneys for imprisoned convicted cult leader, musician and author Dwight York, founder of the Nuwaubian Nation — a Black supremacist, Egyptian-themed and UFO-focused group — filed a Feb. 13 petition seeking humanitarian compassionate release.
The petition cited decades of recurring medical complications tied to hereditary angioedema. York is currently incarcerated at the ADX Florence Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.
Specific details about York’s health are protected under HIPAA privacy laws, but court filings indicate he has experienced ongoing medical episodes for more than 20 years related to the rare genetic condition, which can cause severe swelling and potentially life-threatening airway obstruction.
In a statement sent to 13WMAZ, York’s attorney Judith Delus Montgomery said the petition was filed due to “urgent and extraordinary medical circumstances.”
She said York, 80, has endured decades of inadequate treatment in custody and that his condition carries a significant risk of fatal asphyxiation if not properly managed.
“This motion is not about revisiting Mr. York’s past. It is about his present reality: an elderly man with a serious and potentially fatal medical condition who requires care the prison system cannot provide,” Montgomery said.
York is serving a 135-year federal sentence after being convicted of transporting minors across state lines for sexual abuse and related financial crimes. In Putnam County, he also pleaded guilty to dozens of child molestation counts tied to abuse within the group he led at a sprawling 400-acre compound south of Eatonton.
Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills, who led the local investigation into York’s organization, said any potential release would disregard the severity of the crimes and the long-term impact on victims.
“This man here is a serial rapist, a child molester that committed the most heinous of crimes in our society, short of torturous murder, and did it generationally,” Sills said. “You don’t get, in my opinion, much worse than that.”
York was originally indicted in Georgia on 197 counts, according to Sills. Under a plea agreement, York admitted to 40 counts of aggravated child molestation, 34 counts of child molestation, two counts of influencing witnesses and one count of sexual exploitation of a child.
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