http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26535/dead-children-of-faith-healing-pastor-and-his-wife-had-been-beaten-starved http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26535/dead-children-of-faith-healing-pastor-and-his-wife-had-been-beaten-starved#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26535 Police in South Korea arrested a pastor and his wife Saturday after three of their four children were found dead.

The couple has been detained on suspicions of assaulting and starving their children to death]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26535/dead-children-of-faith-healing-pastor-and-his-wife-had-been-beaten-starved/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26383/bolivian-police-say-brother-and-sister-killed-sibling-in-attempted-exorcism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26383/bolivian-police-say-brother-and-sister-killed-sibling-in-attempted-exorcism#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:40:11 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26383 An evangelical pastor and his sister have been arrested by police in Bolivia after they purportedly killed a sibling during a bathtub exorcism, officials said Monday.

The suspects, Carlos Uriona and Adelaida Marca, were arrested after they allegedly drowned their sister during the ritual ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26383/bolivian-police-say-brother-and-sister-killed-sibling-in-attempted-exorcism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26334/priest-and-four-church-members-charged-with-girls-murder http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26334/priest-and-four-church-members-charged-with-girls-murder#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:53:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26334 A priest and five members of the African Gospel Church congregation in Humansdorp, South Africa, have been accused of murdering a seven-year-old girl during a bizarre exorcism ritual, believing that her epilepsy was caused by demons.

A postmortem showed the child had suffered both internal and external injuries.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26334/priest-and-four-church-members-charged-with-girls-murder/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26284/russians-on-trial-over-exorcism-killing-of-daughter http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26284/russians-on-trial-over-exorcism-killing-of-daughter#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:30:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26284 A Russian couple went on trial Tuesday accused of the gruesome killing of their 26-year-old daughter, allegedly beating, disembowelling and trampling her to death in an attempted exorcism.

The parents, who deny the killing, were ordered to stand trial despite being deemed mentally ill by psychiatrists, investigators say.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26284/russians-on-trial-over-exorcism-killing-of-daughter/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26209/exorcism-kills-japanese-girl-by-drowning http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26209/exorcism-kills-japanese-girl-by-drowning#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:42:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26209 A 13-year-old girl in Japan was suffocated by her father and a monk who were trying to expel an "evil spirit".

They allegedly strapped the victim to a chair with belts and doused her face with water.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26209/exorcism-kills-japanese-girl-by-drowning/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26120/woman-admits-role-in-toddler%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98exorcism%e2%80%99-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26120/woman-admits-role-in-toddler%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98exorcism%e2%80%99-death#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:50:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26120 A Fort Wayne, Indiana woman Monday morning admitted she took part in an “exorcism” act that led to a toddler’s death.

>Jezaih King died when force-fed a mixture of olive oil and vinegar. King’s body had been stored in a plastic tote until discovered by authorities in December 2010.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26120/woman-admits-role-in-toddler%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98exorcism%e2%80%99-death/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26060/swedish-authorities-stumped-by-exorcism-murder-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26060/swedish-authorities-stumped-by-exorcism-murder-case#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:43:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26060 Sweden's National Board of Forensic Medicine has admitted that it lacks the tools to fully assess the risk of relapse for the 52-year-old man convicted of killing his seven-year-old stepdaughter during an "exorcism".

The board concluded that existing risk assessment methodology is insufficient to assess the case and that it "lacks any experience of phenomena of this kind".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26060/swedish-authorities-stumped-by-exorcism-murder-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26014/17-years-for-mom-convicted-of-burning-daughter-in-voodoo-ritual http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26014/17-years-for-mom-convicted-of-burning-daughter-in-voodoo-ritual#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:44:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26014 A mother who set fire to her young daughter in a voodoo ritual has been sentenced to 17 years in jail.

Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard Buchter scolded Marie Lauradin for lying to cops and probation officers about how her daughter, Frantzcia Saintil, was set on fire, leaving her with life-altering scars over 25 percent of her body.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26014/17-years-for-mom-convicted-of-burning-daughter-in-voodoo-ritual/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25999/jury-finds-mother-guilty-of-murder-in-childs-exorcism-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25999/jury-finds-mother-guilty-of-murder-in-childs-exorcism-death#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 07:36:05 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25999 A Fort Wayne, Indiana woman who forced her 2-year-old son to drink a concoction of olive oil and vinegar because she thought it would exorcise a demon from him has been convicted of murder.

Lawson, 31, forced her two-year-old son Jezaih to drink a vile mixture of olive oil and vinegar as part of a ritual to drive the devil from his body. As he choked on the liquid she held her hand over his mouth to stop him vomiting and crushed his neck.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25999/jury-finds-mother-guilty-of-murder-in-childs-exorcism-death/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25827/child-killed-in-exorcism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25827/child-killed-in-exorcism#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:39:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25827 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25827/child-killed-in-exorcism/feed 0