Earlier this week, Guatemalan authorities, in coordination with Interpol, arrested Yoel Alter, a 35-year-old senior figure in the controversial Jewish sect Lev Tahor. Alter, wearing the group’s signature brown cloak, was detained outside a government-run centre for minors in Guatemala…[Continue Reading...]
Guatemalan authorities have intensified their investigation into Lev Tahor, a controversial Jewish sect accused of human trafficking and child abuse, following the arrest of one of its senior members, according to press reports. Yoel Alter, 35, was detained earlier this…[Continue Reading...]
Four men who an indictment claims espouse neo-Nazi beliefs have been charged with child exploitation in a case in which they coerced 16 children — including two in San Bernardino County — to create child pornography and other images showing…[Continue Reading...]
Guatemala City, Jan 24 (EFE). – The leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish cult Lev Tahor in Guatemala deny accusations of crimes against minors, including sex trafficking, that led to the separation of 160 children from the community and warn that…[Continue Reading...]
SAN MARTIN, Calif. (KGO) -- New details are being shared with the ABC7 I-Team about a religious sect facing widespread allegations of sexual abuse. They're known as the "Two by Twos," or the "Church With No Name." Earlier this year,…[Continue Reading...]
Members of the Lev Tahor cult staged a protest Thursday outside welfare facilities in Guatemala, where more than 200 children, teenagers, and women have been housed since being rescued from the extremist group's compound last month. The demonstrators aimed to…[Continue Reading...]
I started investigating the Two-by-Two church in the early 2000s. I still remember chatting with my cousin on MSN Messenger. We lived on two different sides of the country but we were equally committed to understanding the sect that tore…[Continue Reading...]
A Salvadoran member of a Jewish sect under investigation in Guatemala for alleged sexual abuse of minors was arrested in El Salvador, the Guatemalan Prosecutor’s Office reported on Thursday. “Today (Thursday), the prosecutor’s office has been notified of the apprehension…[Continue Reading...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A priest who formerly worked in Louisville is facing charges of child sex abuse, and this isn't the first time he's been accused. Joseph Mouser, 86, was removed from public ministry in 2002 and is facing…[Continue Reading...]
A professional delegation from the Israeli Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs will travel to Guatemala at the end of the week to assist the local authorities in tending to the Lev Tahor cult. The move comes after Guatemalan authorities…[Continue Reading...]
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