Samuel Bateman, a self-declared prophet, was recently sentenced to 50 years in federal prison after acknowledging in a plea agreement that he had spiritually married 20 wives, including 10 underage girls. His intent in marrying the children, he admitted, “was…[Continue Reading...]
A network of Australian-based neo-Nazi TikTok accounts have been publishing white nationalist content and attempting to recruit users, with new accounts appearing hours after previous users were banned. Photos and videos posted by the group praised Adolf Hitler and the…[Continue Reading...]
Danny Masterson is seeking to overturn the verdict in his 2023 jury trial, which ended with him being convicted on two counts of rape by force or fear and sentenced to 30 years in prison. The actor claimed “fundamental flaws”…[Continue Reading...]
A UK court on Thursday jailed for 10 years a neo-Nazi found to have a cache of weapons suspected to be in preparation for an "act of terror". Alan Edward, 55, was convicted in September of inviting support for proscribed…[Continue Reading...]
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) -- The Diocese of Orange has settled a sex abuse lawsuit involving a former vice principal of Mater Dei High School in 1978 for $3.5 million, a spokesman said Tuesday. The settlement was reached last month…[Continue Reading...]
A California Christian college is vowing to stay open despite a state judge’s ruling that bars the school from enrolling new students and requires current students to be sent to other schools. California is the second state to bar Olivet…[Continue Reading...]
A small Oregon town with an estimated population of only 37 people is the first in the state to become a Dark Sky Community, meaning an incorporated place where the quality of the night sky is preserved through lighting ordinances…[Continue Reading...]
Ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) who decide to leave the community and disaffiliate are at a stressful crossroads in their life. Many leave close-knit communities for an initially lonely path in a world they may not be very familiar with. One of…[Continue Reading...]
A serial child molester and retired Roman Catholic priest on Wednesday declined an opportunity to apologize to his victims after pleading guilty to child rape earlier in December. Lawrence Hecker’s silence came on Wednesday in New Orleans’s state criminal courthouse…[Continue Reading...]
More than 70 years ago, Arizona took an aggressive step to crack down on polygamy with a mass arrest in Colorado City whose effects are still felt today. What happened: On Jan. 26, 1953, Arizona Gov. Howard Pyle sent more…[Continue Reading...]
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