FREMONT COUNTY, Idaho (Court TV) — Prosecutors preparing their case against Chad Daybell have asked a judge to reconsider his decision, for a third time, to move the trial out of Fremont County. Chad Daybell is charged with murder and…[Continue Reading...]
Daisaku Ikeda, the former head of one of the world’s largest Japanese Buddhist groups, died of old age at his home in Tokyo on Wednesday, the organisation said on Saturday. He died from natural causes at the age of 95,…[Continue Reading...]
After graduating from college and claiming to have found enlightenment, in 1970, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh introduced the practice of "dynamic meditation" and became a spiritual teacher and began to attract a significant following. When his controversial teachings put him repeatedly…[Continue Reading...]
TAMPA, Fla. - Nov. 18 is always a dark day on Olga Booker's calendar. "Nov. 18, 1978, they all committed suicide with the Kool-Aid lacing," recalled Booker. They, meaning the 900 followers of the People's Temple, led by the smooth-talking…[Continue Reading...]
A state minister of the Cabinet Office faces calls to resign over his close ties to the much-criticized Unification Church, the leader of which he met five times. “I met her (Hak Ja Han Moon) five times, I believe,” said…[Continue Reading...]
A 'high priest' who ran a racist cult calling for a "holy race war" has been unmasked as a delivery driver. James Costello, 38, was identified as the self-styled "high priest" of the Creativity Movement. The shamed group "promoted white…[Continue Reading...]
On November 18, 1978, an inexplicable act of evil occurred in the remote Jungles of Guyana, South America, resulting in the deaths of 913 people; including 276 children, 40 of them infants. It is never too late in life or…[Continue Reading...]
The lawyer for Nathan Chasing Horse has asked the Nevada Supreme Court to drop all charges against the “Dances With Wolves” actor and self-described medicine man. Chasing Horse has been jailed in Las Vegas since his January arrest in southern…[Continue Reading...]
A group of lawmakers from the ruling parties has submitted a set of proposals to amend existing laws governing religious organizations, aiming to prevent the outflow of Unification Church funds. The committee, consisting of members from the ruling Liberal Democratic…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, Nov. 15 (Jiji Press)--A project team of Japan's ruling coalition has called for obliging the controversial religious group Unification Church to notify authorities of any disposal of its real estate properties in advance, as part of efforts to ensure…[Continue Reading...]
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