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Thursday July 23, 2009

Cult leader Alan Bushey sentenced in corpse case

A judge sentenced the leader of a religious sect to 2 years in prison Wednesday for hiding an elderly follower’s rotting body on a toilet for weeks.

Prosecutors said Bushey kept the body hidden so he could collect Middlesworth’s Social Security checks and annuities. Bushey’s attorney, Thomas Steinman, argued that Bushey thought God would bring Middlesworth back to life.
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Saturday February 7, 2009

Cult leader Alan Bushey pleads no contest to hiding body

Alan Bushey, also known as Bishop John Peter, led a religious community called the Order of the Divine Will. He pleaded no contest to hiding a rotting corpse on a follower’s toilet.

He told the follower to pray to God to bring the body back to life, but meanwhile collected the victim’s social security checks.
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Tuesday November 18, 2008

Alan Bushey • Order of the Divine Will:

Religious cult member convicted but viewed as victim of cult leader

A woman charged with helping to hide a corpse in her Necedah home is also a victim of the man who is charged with directing that failed resurrection, lawyers for both the prosecution and defense said Monday.

“We do regard (Tammy Lewis), at least in part, as a victim of this cult activity,” said County District Attorney Scott Southworth.
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Monday September 15, 2008

Alan Bushey • Order of the Divine Will:

Self-proclaimed religious leader to enter plea in case of hiding a corpse

Prosecutors said Alan Bushey and one of his followers, Tammy Lewis, kept the dead body of Magdeline Middlesworth, 90, on Lewis’s toilet for two months, and Lewis’s children saw it rot there.

It is alleged that Bushey claimed Middlesworth would come back to life. Meanwhile, the cult leader kept collecting the woman’s social security checks.
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Tuesday June 17, 2008

Alan Bushey • Order of the Divine Will • Tammy Lewis:

Woman who kept corpse in house ruled competent

As conditions of the bond, she must have no contact with her co-defendant or members of the Order of the Divine Will Church.
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Wednesday June 11, 2008

Alan Bushey • Order of the Divine Will:

Cult leader to stand trial for hiding dead woman in his bathroom

Authorities said Bushey and Tammy Lewis placed a dead 90-year-old woman on a toilet seat for two months while they kept getting her Social Security and annuity payments.
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Wednesday June 4, 2008

Alan Bushey • Order of the Divine Will • Tammy Lewis:

Judge enters not guilty plea for accused Necedah cult leader

Alan Bushey and another sect member, Tammy Lewis, hid a 90-year-old woman’s dead body on Lewis’ toilet for two months so they could go on collecting the woman’s Social Security and annuities.
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Alan Bushey • Order of the Divine Will • Tammy Lewis:

Man accused of telling woman to keep dead body released on bond

Cult leader Alan Bushey and Tammy Lewis, 35, were charged with two counts of causing mental harm to a child after the body of Alvina Magdelina Middlesworth was found decomposing for two months in a town of Necedah residence.
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Tuesday May 13, 2008

Alan Bushey • Order of the Divine Will • Tammy Lewis:

Religious group in Necedah was collecting dead woman’s Social Security

Lewis told investigators Bushey, who also goes by Bishop John Peter, told her to leave Middlesworth’s body in the bathroom and pray for God to bring her back to life. Lewis’ son told detectives Bushey told him demons were destroying Middlesworth’s appearance to make it look like she wouldn’t return to life, the complaint said. [video]
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Monday May 12, 2008

Alan Bushey • Order of the Divine Will • Tammy Lewis:

Friends, family say they warned woman, 90, not to move

Tammy Lewis, 35, and 57-year-old Alan Bushey have been charged with two felony counts of being a party to causing mental harm to a child. Lewis was also charged with obstructing an officer, a misdemeanor. Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth said authorities believed it was a “cult-type situation where fraud was enacted by the leader of this cult in order to obtain money.”
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Sunday May 11, 2008

Alan Bushey • Order of the Divine Will • Tammy Lewis:

Body Found In Home, Cult May Be Involved

District Attorney Scott Southworth says he believes it’s a cult-type situation that involved fraud by the leader to get money.
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