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Utah AG ordered to pay for takeover of FLDS sect’s property trust
The state of Utah must help pay more than $5.5 million in past-due bills owed to an accountant appointed to run the FLDS sect's United Effort Plan property trust after it was taken over by the state,...
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Court rules Utah keeps control of religious cult’s property trust
A communal land trust once run by jailed U.S. polygamist cult leader Warren Jeffs should not be turned back to leaders of his breakaway Mormon sect because they were too late filing a legal challenge...
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Texas authorities move to seize FLDS cult ranch
The State of Texas on Wednesday took steps to seize the Yearning For Zion ranch where underage girls were involved in marriages to adult followers of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints...
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Increased scrutiny for polygamous FLDS cult
A polygamous cult of Mormonism, whose prophet is serving life in prison, is coming under increased scrutiny by U.S. authorities. Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne has announced a criminal probe to...
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18th Anniversary of Aum Cult’s Sarin Gas Attack
Eighteen years ago today, the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult released Sarin, a deadly nerve gas, on five subway trains during Tokyo's early-morning rush hour. A handful of misguided sociologists of...
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3 Aum members on death row may testify against fellow cultist
Three men who were sentenced to death for their part in the Aum Shinrikyo cult's 1995 Sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway may be called to testify in the trial of fellow cult member Makoto...
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Hijab Outcry * Interfaith Movement’s Status * Pastor or Cop?
An arrest warrant has been issued for Matt Pitt -- pastor of one of America's most popular youth ministries -- for impersonating a police officer. Also: A look at the state of America's interfaith...
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Scientologists almost ready to ‘build a new world’; Actors in cults
L. Ron Hubbard foresaw a day when followers of his fantasy religion would create a new world. The cult is almost ready to take on that challenge. Propeties belonging to imprisoned cult leader Tony...
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Is ‘Breaking the Faith’ real or fake? The FLDS cult under scrutiny
The TLC series 'Breaking the Faith' purports to show life inside and outside the destructive, polygamous FLDS cult. But are the stories real? In December TCL features a second series that focuses on...
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FLDS cult’s ranch to be seized
The state of Texas is one step closer to seizing the Yearning For Zion Ranch -- a 1,691 acres property owned by the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Under Texas...
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Jeremiah Duggan did not commit suicide, coroner rules
The coroner also ruled that the fact that Jeremiah Duggan had revealed himself to be Jewish while attending a conference of the extreme Larouche organisation may have had a bearing on how he died....
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Cult leader Lia Eden wants UFO to pick up her followers
Cult leader Lia Eden claims that a UFO piloted by the archangel Gabriel wants to pick up her followers. She has therefore requested that Indonesia's President and Jakarata's Governor grant the UFO...
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Polygamous FLDS cult erects wall around meetinghouse
The insular Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) is building a "fortress-type" wall around its meeting house in Colorado City, Arizona. Observers believe the wall is being...
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Anti-gay bakery owners must pay $135.000 to lesbian couple
The Christian owners of a bakery in Oregon have been ordered to pay $135.000 to a lesbian couple they refused to bake a wedding cake for. Aaron and Melissa Klein said their refusal to bake for the...
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International Cultic Studies Association: Upcoming Events
The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is a global network of people concerned about psychological manipulation and abuse in cultic or high-demand groups, alternative movements, and other...
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Brazilian Evangelicals set up a ‘sin free’ alternative to Facebook
The people behind Facegloria -- said to be a sin-free alternative to Facebook -- want to take on Facebook, Twitter, and the world. Aimed initially at Brazil's booming 'Evangelical' movement, the...
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Religion News, Wednesday July 15, 2015
Scientology quacks urged veto of Texas mental health bill. Watch how dozens of Yazidi women and children escape from the clutches of ISIS barbarians. Why a Wheaton chaplaincy staffer quit the...
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Escaping Polygamy — and Scientology
'Sister Wives' sugarcoats polygamy. 'Escaping Polygamy' shows what the lifestyle is really like. Come to think of it, that's also what Alex Gibney did in his Emmy-nominated documentary, "Going Clear,'...
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Are you old enough to remember Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?
In 1981 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh spent $5.75 million on a remote piece of property in Oregon and invested millions more to build Rajneeshpuram as a spiritual retreat for thousands of his red-frocked...
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Nobody joins a cult, but it is easy to get radicalized
Today: stories about the Palmarian Catholic Church, how easily people get radicalised, and what IS jihadists have in mind for Europe’s cities. Also: tongue-in-cheek, How do Operating Thetans get in...
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