http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26024/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26024/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:26:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26024 Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz, the Paradise, California couple who were arrested in February 2010 in the beating death of one child and the severe beating of another, were sentenced to prison this morning.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26024/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26025/couple-plead-guilty-to-fatal-child-beating http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26025/couple-plead-guilty-to-fatal-child-beating#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:45:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26025
Both have now pleaded guilty.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26025/couple-plead-guilty-to-fatal-child-beating/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25736/alleged-chastisement-trial-delayed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25736/alleged-chastisement-trial-delayed#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:04:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25736 whipping their 7-year-old adopted daughter to death.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25736/alleged-chastisement-trial-delayed/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25253/trial-delayed-in-alleged-torture-death-of-daughter http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25253/trial-delayed-in-alleged-torture-death-of-daughter#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:15:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25253 A judge Thursday continued a trial against a Paradise couple for the alleged murder and torture of their adopted child, so attorneys can read the more than 6,000 pages of evidence, with more coming.

The pair allegedly caused the death of their 7-year-old adopted daughter and serious injuries to her 11-year-old sister during separate "biblical chastisements" with a whip-like instrument in February at the family home.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25253/trial-delayed-in-alleged-torture-death-of-daughter/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24509/trial-date-set-in-biblical-chastisement-death-of-girl http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24509/trial-date-set-in-biblical-chastisement-death-of-girl#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:43:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24509 A Paradise couple are scheduled to stand trial in November on murder and torture charges involving two adopted children.

They are accused of causing the death of a 7-year-old adopted girl and serious injuries to her 11-year-old sister during separate "biblical chastisements" with a whip-like instrument in February at the family home.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24509/trial-date-set-in-biblical-chastisement-death-of-girl/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24355/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-in-court http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24355/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-in-court#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 22:12:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24355 According to authorities, she was beaten for several hours with a quarter-inch plumbing supply line as her parents took turns holding her down and using the instrument. The blows reportedly cause Rhabdomyolysis, which is a breakdown of muscle tissue which fatally damaged her vital organs.

According to local authorities, Lydia's "biblical chastisement" leading to her death may have been for mispronouncing a word during a home-school reading lesson.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24355/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-in-court/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24249/pretrial-hearing-date-set-in-biblical-chastisement-beating-death-kevin-elizabeth-schatz http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24249/pretrial-hearing-date-set-in-biblical-chastisement-beating-death-kevin-elizabeth-schatz#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:34:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24249 A preliminary hearing has been set for May 25 to determine if there is enough evidence to try Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz for the alleged murder and torture of two adopted children.

Authorities allege the couple used a quarter-inch plumber's supply line during a "biblical chastisement" that went too far, resulting in medical complications that caused the death Feb. 5 of 7-year-old Lydia Schatz and left her sister, Zariah, 11, hospitalized with serious injuries.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24249/pretrial-hearing-date-set-in-biblical-chastisement-beating-death-kevin-elizabeth-schatz/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24186/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-plead-not-guilty http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24186/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-plead-not-guilty#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:48:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24186 A couple accused of fatally beating their adopted 7 year old daughter entered pleas of not guilty to murder charges.

Prosecutors say the Schatz repeatedly hit their children with plastic tubing as a form of punishment. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24186/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-plead-not-guilty/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24147/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-plea-in-murder-and-torture-of-daugher-delayed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24147/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-plea-in-murder-and-torture-of-daugher-delayed#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:04:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24147 Because the wife has retained new counsel, a Paradise couple charged with the murder of one adopted daughter and torture of her sister, did not enter pleas to the charges in court Thursday.

Meanwhile, prosecutors have disclosed that a book by a Tennessee-based fundamentalist Christian ministry, espousing "biblical chastisement" with the same quarter-inch plumber's supply line alleged to have been used in the ridge beatings, was found in the Paradise home of Kevin Schatz, 46, and Elizabeth Schatz, 42.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24147/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-plea-in-murder-and-torture-of-daugher-delayed/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24146/beating-death-of-lydia-schatz-draws-national-attention http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24146/beating-death-of-lydia-schatz-draws-national-attention#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:46:58 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24146 Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz are expected to enter a plea today. They are accused of killing Lydia Schatz and severely beating their 11-year-old adopted daughter, Zariah Schatz.

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said he has a direct connection between the Schatz case and No Greater Joy Ministry, a fundamentalist religious organization founded by Michael and Debi Pearl.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24146/beating-death-of-lydia-schatz-draws-national-attention/feed 0