A Spanish court has ruled that critics of Jehovah’s Witnesses may describe the religious group as a “destructive sect” without risking defamation claims, citing protections for free expression. Jehovah’s Witnesses, a US-based Christian evangelical movement best known for its door-to-door…[Continue Reading...]
A Spanish court has rejected an appeal by a group of excommunicated nuns who joined a sect and were ordered to leave their convent, confirming their eviction, an archbishopric said on Friday. Nine nuns from the Order of Saint Clare…[Continue Reading...]
Tasked with convincing the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that the 14 charges her client had been convicted of should be overturned, public defender Allegra Glashausser needed to pull one heck of a legal rabbit out of her hat during…[Continue Reading...]
MANHATTAN (CN) — Public defender Allegra Glashausser told a panel of federal appellate judges Wednesday morning, “The failure to provide magic is not criminal fraud.” It’s almost certainly the first time such an argument has been uttered to the Second…[Continue Reading...]
The Supreme Court upheld a ruling against the Unification Church and pushed the scandal-ridden religious organization closer toward dissolution. In a decision dated March 3, the Supreme Court ruled that the church, now officially called the Family Federation for World…[Continue Reading...]
The ruling follows years of legal battles after Santamaría and his colleagues published a 2022 report with the Institute Salud Sin Bulos, in which they argued that Gestalt Therapy is not only ineffective but also financially and psychologically harmful to…[Continue Reading...]
MANILA, Philippines — A Davao City court on Tuesday, August 27, issued a Temporary Protection Order (TPO) to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC), ordering the police to stop any act that “threatens the life, liberty or security” of the…[Continue Reading...]
The High Court has made orders allowing a hospital to give a blood transfusion, if necessary, to a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. The order was made by Mr Justice Tony O'Connor, who said that he accepted that the patient's…[Continue Reading...]
Former NXIVM leader Keith Raniere has faced another setback in his attempts for a new trial. A judge has rejected Raniere’s motion for post-conviction discovery. That is evidence that existed at the time of the trial, but was only discovered…[Continue Reading...]
A mother has lost £62,000 damages for being raped by a preacher after a church won a legal battle in the Supreme Court. The worshipper was attacked by Jehovah's Witness elder Mark Sewell, near Cardiff more than 30 years ago. Devastated,…[Continue Reading...]
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