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Danny Masterson Files Legal Brief Seeking to Overturn His Rape Conviction

Published December 20, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged appeal, California, convicted rapist, Danny Masterson, Scientologists, Scientology

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...]

UK Neo-Nazi Convicted On Terror Charges Gets 10 Years Jail

Published December 19, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alan Edward, criminal conviction, National Action, neo nazis, UK

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...]

Diocese of Orange reaches $3.5 Million settlement in sexual-abuse lawsuit

Published December 19, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged California, Catholic Diocese of Orange, child abuse, lawsuit, multi-million dollar settlement, Roman Catholic Church, sexual abuse

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...]

Christian Olivet University loses its license to operate in California but says it will remain open

Published December 19, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged California, David Jang, Olivet University, the community

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...]

This Oregon Town Was Infamous For Its Cult, But It Just Became The State’s First Dark Sky Community

Published December 19, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Antelope, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, cult leader, Oregon

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...]

Retired New Orleans priest gets life in prison after pleading guilty to child rape

Published December 18, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged child abuse, guilty plea, Lawrence Hecker, life imprisonment, New Orleans, Roman Catholic priest, sexual abuse

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...]

Short Creek raid put polygamist enclave on alert in 1953

Published December 18, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 1953 raid, Arizona, FLDS, polgyamists, polygamy

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...]

Arizona’s constitution prohibits polygamy: Why it still happens

Published December 18, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged abuse, Arizona, laws, Polygamists, polygamy

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...]

YouTube Sues Gan Jing World, Accusing Video Site of ‘Stealing’ Content to ‘Create a Clone of YouTube’

Published December 18, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Falun Dafa, Falun Gong, lawsuit, YouTube

YouTube filed a lawsuit against Ganjingworld, which operates the Gan Jing World video-sharing site, alleging that it has been “automatically vacuuming up YouTube user channels and associated content from YouTube.” Ganjingworld’s service “clones most of YouTube’s functionalities and its overall…[Continue Reading...]