http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:24:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22039/janet-moses-exorcism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22039/janet-moses-exorcism#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:20:24 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22039 The six women and three men, all members of Ms Moses' extended family, will stand trial in the High Court at Wellington, jointly charged with manslaughter, after their five lawyers agreed they had a case to answer.

Police say Ms Moses, 22, drowned in her grandparents' home in October last year after she was allegedly held down and had water poured down her throat to lift a makutu, or Maori curse, as up to 40 family members watched.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22039/janet-moses-exorcism/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21878/laura-schubert-pearson-exorcism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21878/laura-schubert-pearson-exorcism#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:11:49 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21878 When the Texas Supreme Court tossed out a lawsuit against a former Colleyville church involved in a traumatic exorcism, did the justices properly defend everyone’s religious freedoms or simply get it all wrong?

Opinions about the court’s 6-3 decision in the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God vs. Laura Schubert are as sharply divided as those displayed by the justices themselves.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21878/laura-schubert-pearson-exorcism/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21797/psychiatrist-in-exorcism-case-plaintiff-capable-of-overt-deception http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21797/psychiatrist-in-exorcism-case-plaintiff-capable-of-overt-deception#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:30:18 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21797 Dr Lim, from Raffles Hospital, was testifying for Father Simon Tan, one of the defendants sued by Madam Valli, 52.

She claims two priests and six churchgoers forced an exorcism on her at the church in August 2004, an experience which left her traumatised.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21797/psychiatrist-in-exorcism-case-plaintiff-capable-of-overt-deception/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21786/how-to-cure-anorexia-with-exorcisms http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21786/how-to-cure-anorexia-with-exorcisms#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:00:40 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21786 Exorcisms to cure mental illness and drug addiction, locking vulnerable people away from friends and family, prayer as a solution to all problems – sounds like psych ward from last century. But actually it’s just the ‘Mercy Way’.

The once mighty ‘Mercy Ministries’, a secretive outfit that purports to treat young women with mental illness, is now in serious trouble.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21786/how-to-cure-anorexia-with-exorcisms/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21785/exorcism-novena-church http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21785/exorcism-novena-church#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:42:41 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21785 The sister of a women who has sued Novena church over the alleged results of an exorcism has said in court that her sister can speak in a man's voice and go into a trance at will, or act as if she was in one.

Also: a lawyer for the woman slams a private eye's surveillance footage.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21785/exorcism-novena-church/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21711/exorcism-25 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21711/exorcism-25#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:28:32 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21711 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21711/exorcism-25/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21705/could-trauma-have-altered-memory-of-woman-who-claims-forced-exorcism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21705/could-trauma-have-altered-memory-of-woman-who-claims-forced-exorcism#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:57:33 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21705 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21705/could-trauma-have-altered-memory-of-woman-who-claims-forced-exorcism/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21607/mercy-ministries-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21607/mercy-ministries-5#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:43:32 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21607 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21607/mercy-ministries-5/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21495/exorcism-24 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21495/exorcism-24#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 05:53:43 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21495 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21495/exorcism-24/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21456/pastor-flogs-church-member-to-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21456/pastor-flogs-church-member-to-death#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 09:23:27 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21456 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21456/pastor-flogs-church-member-to-death/feed