http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:35:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22870/yedidiyah-hawkins http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22870/yedidiyah-hawkins#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:06:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22870 Yedidiyah Hawkins, 40, a House of Yahweh elder, was convicted Monday of aggravated sexual assault of a child. A judge will set the sentence, expected within 45 days. Hawkins earlier decided that he wanted a judge to assess the punishment if jurors found him guilty.

The sect's leader, self-proclaimed prophet Yisrayl Hawkins, faces trial later this year on bigamy and child labor charges. He is accused of having more than 20 wives, performing polygamous weddings and forcing about 40 children to work jobs at his 44-acre compound in rural Clyde near Abilene.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22870/yedidiyah-hawkins/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22846/house-of-yahweh-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22846/house-of-yahweh-3#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:48:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22846 Testimony from a 15-year-old girl revealed new details Friday about the allegations of sexual assault of a child by a House of Yahweh elder.

The girl, 11 at the time of the alleged assault, testified that her stepfather Yedidiyah Hawkins, 40, used a vaginal speculum -- a medical instrument used by gynecologists -- to perform an examination on her. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22846/house-of-yahweh-3/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21638/doomsday-prediction-fails%e2%80%a6again http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21638/doomsday-prediction-fails%e2%80%a6again#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:07:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21638 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21638/doomsday-prediction-fails%e2%80%a6again/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21600/hundreds-of-kenyans-made-doomsday-plans-two-years-ago http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21600/hundreds-of-kenyans-made-doomsday-plans-two-years-ago#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:57:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21600 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21600/hundreds-of-kenyans-made-doomsday-plans-two-years-ago/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21598/texas-doomsday-prophet-faces-bigamy-charges http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21598/texas-doomsday-prophet-faces-bigamy-charges#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:31:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21598 If nuclear war doesn't begin next Thursday, June 12, as he has predicted, self-proclaimed Texas prophet Yisrayl "Buffalo Bill" Hawkins will be left to face a widening investigation of his activities, including several felony counts of bigamy.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21598/texas-doomsday-prophet-faces-bigamy-charges/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21597/texas-sect-leader-doomsday-begins-next-thursday-june-12 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21597/texas-sect-leader-doomsday-begins-next-thursday-june-12#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:18:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21597 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21597/texas-sect-leader-doomsday-begins-next-thursday-june-12/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21599/yisrayl-hawkins-house-yahweh-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21599/yisrayl-hawkins-house-yahweh-2#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 08:23:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21599 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21599/yisrayl-hawkins-house-yahweh-2/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21439/sex-cult-pastor-arrested-in-texas http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21439/sex-cult-pastor-arrested-in-texas#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 21:33:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21439 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21439/sex-cult-pastor-arrested-in-texas/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21431/house-of-yahweh-a-darker-sect-than-flds http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21431/house-of-yahweh-a-darker-sect-than-flds#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 16:07:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21431 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21431/house-of-yahweh-a-darker-sect-than-flds/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21401/house-of-yahweh-polygamy-law http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21401/house-of-yahweh-polygamy-law#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 06:42:11 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21401 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21401/house-of-yahweh-polygamy-law/feed