A prominent Buddhist monk has been arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl, in the highest-profile case involving a local religious leader. Authorities took 71-year-old Pallegama Hemarathana into custody on Saturday from a private hospital in…[Continue Reading...]
Law enforcement authorities in Iran’s Yazd province have detained a man who founded a religious sect and presented himself as Jesus Christ, according to the Mehr news agency. The leader of the sect initially claimed to have been chosen by…[Continue Reading...]
An Amish retreat leader has been accused of sexual abuse and misleading his community about his medical expertise, leading to the death of an infant. Sam B. Shetler is facing a series of charges including involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping, sexual abuse,…[Continue Reading...]
The Criminal Court on Monday released actor Yuranunt “Sam” Pamornmontri and actress Pechaya “Min” Wattanamontree on conditional bail of one-million-baht each after they were arraigned on charges arising from The iCon Group scandal. They were arraigned by prosecutors on the…[Continue Reading...]
Hyderabad: The Mirchowk police have arrested a senior executive of a multi-level marketing firm for allegedly orchestrating a ₹3 crore fraud by luring people with ₹199 “work-from-home” offers and misleading luxury lifestyle promotions on social media. Accused identified The arrested…[Continue Reading...]
Open court learned today that stayed sexual assault charges against a well-known Edmonton-area spiritual leader and his wife were the result of Crown misconduct. Johannes (John) de Ruiter and his wife, Leigh Ann, each faced six counts of sexual assault…[Continue Reading...]
A Cooper County judge denied bond for the leader of a “cult-like” Amish community after new charges, including manslaughter, were filed against him this week. Sam Shetler, 42, of Boonville, appeared Tuesday in front of Judge Keith Bail after the…[Continue Reading...]
Gina Marie Marks, 41, of Huntingdon Valley and Steve Nicklas, 53, of Jenkintown attended a preliminary hearing today regarding accusations that they defrauded two victims out of $600,000 using a fortune telling scheme in which they claimed to remove curses…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a “cult-like” Amish community will make his first appearance in court Tuesday, one day after seven new charges were filed, including manslaughter in the 2025 death of an infant. Sam Shetler, 42, of Boonville, will appear in…[Continue Reading...]
A Moldovan woman and an Italian were arrested in Perugia, Italy, following an investigation by prosecutors targeting a group considered one of the most dangerous crypto-Christian sects in the country. They were accused of forming an illegal association under the…[Continue Reading...]
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