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/23293/pastor-denies-allegations-of-brainwashing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23293/pastor-denies-allegations-of-brainwashing#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:26:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23293 A pastor who was the focus of a TV report which investigated allegations he brainwashed women into leaving their husbands and devoting their lives to his church has denied several claims made by the program.

Andrew Paton said the report contains “false accusations that have been made against myself and the church.” He said these accusations have been made about him since last summer and that they’re related to a lawsuit he wouldn’t discuss.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23293/pastor-denies-allegations-of-brainwashing/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23290/andrew-patton-mount-zion-full-gospel-ministries http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23290/andrew-patton-mount-zion-full-gospel-ministries#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:00:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23290 Jim Sanderson and his three grown children, Lisa, Laura and Glen, believe the pastor of the Mount Zion Full Gospel Ministries, Andrew Paton, brainwashed Alice Sanderson with a radical brand of theology and influenced her to leave her family and the home she had known for three decades.

W-FIVE discovered Paton has been married and divorced five times. In at least three of those marriages, Paton's wives alleged that he was adulterous.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23290/andrew-patton-mount-zion-full-gospel-ministries/feed 0