Tag: California

Lawsuit: Greg Laurie’s church covered up sexual misconduct of top pastors, paying one $4 million to sign NDA

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Senior pastor Greg Laurie didn’t say why two top leaders at his Riverside, California, church left suddenly in the early 2020s. No one acknowledged pastors Jeff Lasseigne and Brad Ormonde’s absences to the 15,000 people at Harvest Christian Fellowship’s three…[Continue Reading...]

IE judge orders church leaders to stand trial on murder charges in deaths of boy, former member

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) -- A San Bernardino County judge ruled that there is enough evidence for leaders of a religious organization known as His Way Spirit Led Assemblies to stand trial on murder charges in connection with the deaths…[Continue Reading...]

‘The Leader’ Director Michael Gallagher and Star Tim Blake Nelson on Why the Story of the Heaven’s Gate Cult Is Relevant Today: ‘When There Is Nothing but Certainty Within a Group, Danger Can Strike’

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When director Michael Gallagher was eight years old, 39 people died in his neighborhood in San Diego, California. They were the victims of the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult, who died in a coordinated mass suicide timed with the approach of…[Continue Reading...]

California cult leader handed 225-year-to-life sentence for sex crimes against followers

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BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — Sansue Vang, a Hmong religious cult leader from Oroville, was sentenced to 225 years to life on Tuesday, June 9, for multiple counts of child molestation and rape against young girls and women in the organization,…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-Mormon bishop in Livermore charged with sexually assaulting boys over decade

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Michael Delar Morris, 76, led a young men’s group at the Livermore church and also served as a Boy Scout leader. Prosecutors say the allegations involve multiple victims and date back to the 1990s and early 2000s. Charges span a…[Continue Reading...]

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