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		<title>Arson fire badly damages church attended by Sarah Palin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23048"><img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/arson.png" alt="Arson" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Arson"></a> Gov. Sarah Palin’s home church was badly damaged by arson, leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to “undeserved negative attention” the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee.<br /><br />Asked if Palin is a member of Wasilla Bible Church, [Pastor Larry] Kroon said it's just one of the churches she attends. He declined to say how often she attends, or when she last came.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Cursed&#8217; woman claims exorcism sex abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22332/"><img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/handcuffs.jpg" alt="woman claims exorcism sex abuse" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="woman claims exorcism sex abuse"></a>Two men have been charged with more than 220 sex offences at prayer sessions of a western Sydney church.
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Police say one of the men had claimed he could speak to angels and remove curses.
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The men, aged 61 and 38, are highly regarded members of the Greek Orthodox and Coptic Orthodox communities, police say.]]></description>
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		<title>Cops: Man choked wife over &#8216;cult&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xing Yu's lawyer said he was just trying to stop his wife from bringing the 5-year-old girl to what he considers a cult meeting on Sunday.]]></description>
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		<title>Insanity&#8217;s legal fall from grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the National Gallery of Art in Washington hangs a cherished Rembrandt titled Abraham&#8217;s Sacrifice.
It is an etching of Abraham about to slay his son, Isaac, upon the orders of God, to show his faith. The scene from Genesis 22:1-12 is repeated in stained glass windows, paintings and other displays worldwide. It is also a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twinkies to demons: Defense seeks ploys</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toddler death case goes to jury; Across the nation, &#8216;the devil made me do it,&#8217; some suspects want courts to believe
&#8220;The devil made me do it&#8221; may seem as clichd as &#8220;the dog ate my homework,&#8221; but in courtrooms across the country, the excuse pops up more often than you might think.

Satanism and Demonology
About Satanism
About [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police hunt for self-proclaimed faith healer</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3775/police-hunt-for-self-proclaimed-faith-healer</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2003 00:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Straits Times (Singapore), July 21, 2003
http://www.emedia.com.my/
Jalina Joheng 
SHAH ALAM, July 21: A self-proclaimed faith healer, who is wanted in connection with the disappearance of 15 members of a family, is also suspected to be involved in five cheating cases reported over the past 45 days.
He is believed to have relieved his victims of cash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit sex ring operated like cult</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2003 20:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prosecutor: Victims who didn&#8217;t follow orders were beaten
The Detroit News, Jan. 17, 2003
http://www.detnews.com/2003/metro/0301/17/b01-62404.htm
By Ronald J. Hansen / The Detroit News
DETROIT &#8212; A multistate prostitution ring busted this week operated like a cult, enlisting some of its women to help force runaways and kidnapping victims to dance and have sex, officials said.
Chicago resident Henry Davis, 32, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Violence runs counter to faiths</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oregonian, Dec. 29, 2002
http://www.oregonlive.com/
SHELBY OPPEL
After authorities charged Christian Longo with murdering his wife and three children, he told detectives that his faith taught him his family would have resurrected lives after death.  
Robert Bryant killed his family and himself amid a series of troubles, including the severing of long-held religious ties.
Edward Morris, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franciscan trainee charged in gunshot slaying of Ohio priest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2002 16:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AP, Dec. 9, 2002
http://www.sfgate.com/
PAUL SINGER, Associated Press Writer
A man recently dropped from a training program to become a Franciscan brother was charged Monday in the slaying of a Roman Catholic priest who was shot to death and burned in a rectory fire, police said.
Daniel Montgomery, 37, had been training to be an assistant at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alleged molester lured Amish dissidents from Indiana</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man accused of using his authority to coerce boy into sexual activity at home
The Holland Sentinel, Aug. 28, 2002
http://www.thehollandsentinel.net/
By NATE REENS, Staff writer
A Holland man charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct was once credited by his followers in a dissident Amish sect with having supernatural powers.
Those reports, included in a 1990 Los Angeles Times story, [...]]]></description>
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