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Dramatic Footage From Lev Tahor Police Raid Shows Cult Members Encourage Children To Resist

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Dramatic scenes from the Guatemalan police’s raid on the “Lev Tahor” cult compound on Shabbat were revealed on social media. In the footage, the children are seen wearing the distinctive clothing of the cult members, jumping…[Continue Reading...]

Escaped from Lev Tahor: ‘The cult is like a terror regime, Israel must help the rescued’

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“Israel must act to save the children of the Lev Tahor cultGuatemala. While Yosef managed to escape, many of his family members and friends remain trapped in the cult’s compound. Following the rescue of 160 children and 40 women, and…[Continue Reading...]

Lev Tahor members bust into Guatemala shelter to recapture kids rescued in raid

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Guatemalan officials said Sunday that members of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish cult broke into a shelter attempting to recapture 160 minors taken from their compound two days earlier by authorities, who accuse the sect of sexually abusing children. The farm compound…[Continue Reading...]

Guatemalan authorities rescue 160 children from Jewish Lev Tahor sect

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MEXICO CITY, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Guatemalan authorities rescued 160 children and adolescents from the fundamentalist Jewish sect Lev Tahor in southeastern Guatemala on Friday following allegations of child abuse, including rape, prosecutors said. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The rescue operation…[Continue Reading...]

Guatemalan authorities rescue 160 children from Jewish Lev Tahor cult

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Guatemalan authorities rescued 160 children and adolescents from the fundamentalist Jewish cult Lev Tahor in southeastern Guatemala on Friday following allegations of child abuse, including rape, prosecutors said. "Based on the statements of the complainants, the evidence obtained, and the…[Continue Reading...]

Guatemala authorities raid ultra-orthodox Jewish sect’s compound after report of abuse

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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...]

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

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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...]

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

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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...]

900+ abusers, survivors spanning globe documented in Christian sect known as ‘The Way’

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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...]

Survivors seek a reckoning as FBI investigates child sex abuse in little-known Christian sect

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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...]

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