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/26259/video-punishing-kids-in-the-name-of-religion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26259/video-punishing-kids-in-the-name-of-religion#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:25:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26259
Larry and Carri Williams, the couple refered to in this report, are accused of starving their adopted 13-year-old Ethiopian-born daughter and locking her outside in the cold, where she died from exposure.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26259/video-punishing-kids-in-the-name-of-religion/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26260/couple-accused-of-starving-daughter-plead-not-guilty http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26260/couple-accused-of-starving-daughter-plead-not-guilty#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:09:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26260 died from exposure, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to homicide and child abuse charges.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26260/couple-accused-of-starving-daughter-plead-not-guilty/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26214/michael-and-debi-pearl-book-part-of-adopted-girls-murder-investigation http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26214/michael-and-debi-pearl-book-part-of-adopted-girls-murder-investigation#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:57:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26214 Once again the book "To Train Up A Child," by Michael and Debi Pearl of 'No Greater Joy Ministries' features in a murder investigation.

The parents of a 13-year-old girl adopted from Ethiopia have been accused of starving and locking the girl outside — resulting in hypothermia that killed her.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26214/michael-and-debi-pearl-book-part-of-adopted-girls-murder-investigation/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/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 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24145/no-greater-joy-michael-and-debi-pearl-spankin http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24145/no-greater-joy-michael-and-debi-pearl-spankin#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:28:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24145 Police found, on the Schatzes’ bed, a 15-inch section of PVC tube, a quarter-inch thick. They believe it to be the murder weapon, as both Lydia and Zariah had “whip-like” marks that matched the length and width of the pipe. It lay beside a children’s book.

The PVC tube may seem like a strange punishment tool, but for those familiar with the teachings of Christian fundamentalists and authors Michael and Debi Pearl, it is nothing new.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24145/no-greater-joy-michael-and-debi-pearl-spankin/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24144/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-no-greater-joy-spanking http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24144/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-no-greater-joy-spanking#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:13:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24144 Ridge parents Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz are charged with murder and torture following the death of 7-year-old Lydia Schatz and the hospitalization of 11-year-old Zariah Schatz.

Both girls were allegedly whipped by the their adoptive parents with a quarter-inch plumbing supply line - the instrument suggested by Michael and Debi Pearl, founders of No Greater Joy Ministries and authors of the controversial religious parenting book "How to Train Up a Child."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24144/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-no-greater-joy-spanking/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14520/michael-pearl-parental-advice-raises-abuse-questions http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14520/michael-pearl-parental-advice-raises-abuse-questions#comments Thu, 04 May 2006 15:09:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14520/michael-pearl-parental-advice-raises-abuse-questions/feed 0