http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 27 May 2012 12:52:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26787/warren-jeffs-appeal-is-rejected-by-texas-state-court http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26787/warren-jeffs-appeal-is-rejected-by-texas-state-court#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 11:32:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26787 In August, 2011, a Texas jury convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs of child sexual assault in a case stemming from two young followers he took as brides in what his church calls “spiritual marriages.”

Jeffs has appealed his conviction with 'revelations' in which Jesus Christ allegedly demands his release, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has turned down the appeal.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26787/warren-jeffs-appeal-is-rejected-by-texas-state-court/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26774/conviction-upheld-in-flds-sexual-assault-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26774/conviction-upheld-in-flds-sexual-assault-case#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:03:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26774 In his appeal, Abram Harker Jeffs claimed that the state had insufficient evidence to prove that a sexual relationship had occurred between him and his wife, whom he married when she was 14 years old.

He was one of 12 men indicted after a 2008 law enforcement raid on the sect's Texas-based ranch.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26774/conviction-upheld-in-flds-sexual-assault-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26758/new-investigations-into-flds-church-members-prosecutor-says http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26758/new-investigations-into-flds-church-members-prosecutor-says#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 20:49:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26758 A Utah Attorney has a series of criminal investigations under way into members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the polygamous sect led by jailed cult leader Warren Jeffs.

Authorities in Texas have begun sharing some of the billions of pages of evidence seized in an April, 2008 raid on the sect's ranch.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26758/new-investigations-into-flds-church-members-prosecutor-says/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26742/arizona-house-rejects-bill-to-disband-colorado-city-police http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26742/arizona-house-rejects-bill-to-disband-colorado-city-police#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:05:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26742 State Attorney General Tom Horne had championed the bill, saying Colorado City officers who are members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints flout the law and are simply replaced by other followers of imprisoned FLDS leader Warren Jeffs if removed individually.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26742/arizona-house-rejects-bill-to-disband-colorado-city-police/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26741/warren-jeffs-appeals-conviction-threatens-gods-wrath-if-hes-not-freed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26741/warren-jeffs-appeals-conviction-threatens-gods-wrath-if-hes-not-freed#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:54:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26741 Cult leader Warren Jeffs has filed an appeal for his release. The appeal is in the form of three 'revelations from Jesus Christ.'

The revelations threatens God's "full whirlwind judgements" if he and other imprisoned leaders of the polygamous FLDS sect are not released.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26741/warren-jeffs-appeals-conviction-threatens-gods-wrath-if-hes-not-freed/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26737/aerial-photographs-reveal-additional-buildings-at-flds-amphitheater http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26737/aerial-photographs-reveal-additional-buildings-at-flds-amphitheater#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:09:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26737 A new set of aerial photos shows a couple of new buildings at the amphitheater under construction at the FLDS' Yearning for Zion Ranch in Texas.

There is speculation that the amphitheater will serve as a baptismal site.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26737/aerial-photographs-reveal-additional-buildings-at-flds-amphitheater/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26734/exiled-flds-father-granted-more-time-with-estranged-children http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26734/exiled-flds-father-granted-more-time-with-estranged-children#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:13:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26734 An exiled former member of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was granted increased visitation rights with his estranged children, including overnight custody, Friday during a 5th District Court hearing.

]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26734/exiled-flds-father-granted-more-time-with-estranged-children/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26729/flds-sect-members-conviction-upheld http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26729/flds-sect-members-conviction-upheld#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:16:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26729 A Texas appeals court has upheld the conviction of a member of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who entered into a spiritual marriage with a 15-year-old girl in 2004 at the sect's Yearning For Zion Ranch.

Raymond Merrill Jessop was sentenced to 10 years in prison and an $8,000 fine.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26729/flds-sect-members-conviction-upheld/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26705/jailed-cult-leader-warren-jeffs-issues-new-revelation-gets-phone-privileges-restored http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26705/jailed-cult-leader-warren-jeffs-issues-new-revelation-gets-phone-privileges-restored#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:49:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26705 Trying to keep up the appearance that he is a 'prophet from God,' Warren Jeffs has issued another 'revelation' regarding impending dissasters.

The cult leader also has had his prison phone privileges restored.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26705/jailed-cult-leader-warren-jeffs-issues-new-revelation-gets-phone-privileges-restored/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26698/texas-spent-4-5m-on-flds-prosecutions http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26698/texas-spent-4-5m-on-flds-prosecutions#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:24:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26698 In the four years since Texas authorities raided a ranch belonging to the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) state prosecutors have spent more than $4.5 million racking up swift convictions against him and 10 loyal followers on child sex and bigamy charges.

The total amount nears $20M if costs for the raid on the sect's ranch are included.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26698/texas-spent-4-5m-on-flds-prosecutions/feed 0