GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan authorities searched the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect Friday, taking at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody after reports of abuse. Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez said the National Civil Police and…[Continue Reading...]
An Ogun Special Anti-Cultism Court in Abeokuta yesterday sentenced a 36-year-old man, Oluwole Olushola, to seven years imprisonment for belonging to a secret cult. Olushola of no fixed address was convicted on a two-count charge of membership of an unlawful…[Continue Reading...]
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 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...]
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...]
Polygamy is outlawed in the state constitution, but there are still likely hundreds of Arizonans who engage in plural marriages. Why it matters: Some religions — namely, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) — view plural…[Continue Reading...]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Nearly every detail about the religious group Lisa Webb’s family belonged to was hidden from the outside world. Its followers met in homes rather than churches. Its leadership structure was hard to discern, its finances opaque.…[Continue Reading...]
The woman, who identified herself as just Joanne, wrote in to Katherine Ryan's Telling Everybody Everything podcast for advice on the person living next door to her. While she refused to confirm her neighbour's gender for privacy issues, she decided…[Continue Reading...]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Nearly every detail about the religious group Lisa Webb’s family belonged to was hidden from the outside world. Its followers met in homes rather than churches. Its leadership structure was hard to discern, its finances opaque.…[Continue Reading...]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For decades, a little-known Christian sect has dealt with its abusive ministers and spiritual elders mostly in secret, shunning legal action in favor of urging victims to forgive the predators in their midst. Forgiveness, however, was…[Continue Reading...]
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