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Lord Our Righteousness Church, Michael Travesser, Strong City, Wayne Bent:

Children removed from Union County cult

KOB.com, USA
Apr. 30, 2008
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ReligionNewsBlog.com • Item 21313 • Posted: Wednesday April 30, 2008  


The head of a cult based in northeastern New Mexico has gone on a hunger strike and issued a threat to Governor Bill Richardson after four children were removed from the cult’s compound by state officials.

Romaine Serna of the Children Youth and Families confirms an Albuquerque Journal report that three girls and one boy were removed from Strong City, the Union County headquarters of The Lord Our Righteousness Church, following allegations that they may have been subject to inappropriate contact.

Cult leader Wayne C. Bent, who is known to his membership as Michael Travesser, posted a message to the cult’s Web site saying that he hadn’t eaten since the children’s removal on April 22.

Bent also posted a letter to Richardson noting that because the state has “moved against us because of our faith… He is free to move against you.”

The Journal reports that state and federal law enforcement officials visited Strong City in 2002 to investigate allegations that members were planning a mass suicide.

According the Journal, Bent had predicted the end of the world last October 31 and says that he is the second coming of Jesus.

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