WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — The pastor of a local congregation who is awaiting trial for child sex crimes is also accused of alarming teachings at his church, according to recently filed court documents. Ronnie Allen Killingsworth, 78, of Wichita Falls, is…[Continue Reading...]
ATLANTA (Court TV) — Accused polygamist cult leader Eligio Bishop and his followers used social media to promote their holistic lifestyle and teachings. When clicks were low, they got creative, Bishop and his followers said. Some video posts and livestreams…[Continue Reading...]
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A jury will continue deliberating the case of an accused cult leader on Friday morning. They began deliberating Eligio Bishop’s case Thursday evening after attorneys presented closing arguments. Bishop is known as Nature Boy online. Investigators…[Continue Reading...]
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - An alleged cult leader left a DeKalb County courtroom on Thursday so he could finish his trial from jail due to COVID-19 concerns. Eligio Bishop is accused of raping one of his followers. During…[Continue Reading...]
Barbara Hoyt once belonged to one of America’s most infamous “families.” Hoyt was a follower of charismatic cult leader Charles Manson in the late 1960s. The Manson Family, as the group was often called, though they had no relation to…[Continue Reading...]
The late great Philip Seymour Hoffman once said, "You can look at anything as a cult." And while that is probably true, the actual definition of a cult according to the American Psychological Association does have more information. A cult…[Continue Reading...]
The trial of Eligio Bishop, suspected leader of what prosecutors label an abuse-ridden cult known as Carbon Nation, is reaching its climax in DeKalb County, with the prosecution wrapping up its case. Bearing witness to the gravity of the accusations,…[Continue Reading...]
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The trial for an accused cult leader in DeKalb County will recess until Thursday morning because a courtroom official tested positive for COVID-19. Eligio Bishop is accused of raping a female follower and posting…[Continue Reading...]
MANILA, Philippines — Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros is not backing down on her move to subpoena Apollo Quiboloy, the self-proclaimed “Appointed Son of God” and leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC). Hontiveros, in a statement on Tuesday, insisted…[Continue Reading...]
NAIROBI, Kenya -- A Kenyan magistrate Tuesday ordered the main suspect in a doomsday starvation cult and 94 of his followers to receive emergency care after some of the suspects had to be carried into the courtroom to answer manslaughter…[Continue Reading...]
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