Church of Scientology… “And the walls came crumbling down…”

November 20th, 2009

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Australian Senator Speaks Out… He calls Scientology a “criminal organization”.

November 19th, 2009

Extraordinary attack: Senator Xenophon said, under privilege, the church was abusive and manipulative.
Wed Nov 18, 2009 ABC TV Breakfast News
The Church of Scientology says allegations made in Federal Parliament by Independent Senator Nick Xenophon are an abuse of parliamentary privilege.

Senator Xenophon used a speech in Parliament last night to raise […]

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In a Court of Law… when a child dies, faith is no defense.

November 18th, 2009

“Suffer little children to come to me.” So begins one of the most cited passages in the Bible. Yet, in cases involving the deaths of children in faith-healing families, the second half of Jesus’s admonition from Luke 18:16 is at the heart of legal controversy: “. . . and forbid them not.”
Why do courts give […]

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FLDS: Second member of the sect, Allen Keate, trial date set for sexual abuse of a child…

November 14th, 2009

Go SanAngelo Standard-Times Nov 12, 2009
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Jury members will again be pulled from Schleicher County for a second sexual assault of a child trial involving a member of a polygamist sect.

Authorities decided Thursday afternoon to hold the jury trial in Eldorado, according to district clerk administrators.
District Clerk Peggy Williams said she plans […]

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Documentary coming soon… Inside New Zealand: How To Spot A Cult

November 13th, 2009

Wednesday, 11 November, 2009 - 17:50
Inside New Zealand: How To Spot A Cult-Voxy.co.nz
Cult-like groups are on the rise in New Zealand. Now the two-part Inside New Zealand: How To Spot A Cult documentary uncovers what really goes on inside these often controversial groups. Inside New Zealand: How To Spot A Cult kicks off on Wednesday, […]

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Arkansas evangelist, Tony Alamo, gets 175 years for child sex…

November 13th, 2009

Preacher Tony Alamo had been accused of getting ‘married’ to young girls
AP News Friday the Thirteenth
TEXARKANA, Arkansas - A federal judge on Friday sentenced Evangelist Tony Alamo to 175 years in prison for child sex crimes.

Several of the child “wives” who helped convict evangelist Tony Alamo of federal sex charges took the witness stand during […]

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Raymond Jessop, FLDS Polygamist , sentenced to 10 years in Texas for underage sexual assault…

November 11th, 2009

2009 The Associated Press Nov. 10, 2009, 8:13PM
ELDORADO, Texas — The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following the raid of a West Texas ranch was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called “spiritual marriage.”

Jurors who last week convicted Raymond […]

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“Cult” program in NYC schools…

November 9th, 2009

By YOAV GONEN Education Reporter November 9, 2009 New York Post
Thousands of city public-school students and teachers are participating in a “Brain Education” program run by a group with ties to an alleged cult.
For the past three years, the Department of Education has shelled out nearly $400,000 for 44 schools to participate in the […]

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Cult Expert perplexed at NYTs writers blandishing article on The Church of Scientology…

November 9th, 2009

FACTNet news blog editor:
Leading expert and well known cult exit counselor Steve Hassan, was quite taken aback when he read Ariel Kaminer’s article on the Church of Scientology in downtown Manhattan. He interpreted the article as almost a soft sell piece or a somewhat kit glove handling of a dangerous, powerful and influential cult. […]

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FLDS Elder in Eldorado TX is convicted of Sexual Assault of an underaged girl…

November 7th, 2009

Jury convicts Raymond Jessop
ELDORADO, Tex. — One of the leaders of a polygamist sect was convicted Thursday night of sexually assaulting an under-age girl whom the church elders had assigned to him as one of his nine wives.

A jury of seven men and five women deliberated 2 […]

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