http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:50:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24095/judge-cancels-hearing-in-case-against-warren-jeffs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24095/judge-cancels-hearing-in-case-against-warren-jeffs#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:50:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24095 An Arizona judge has canceled a two-day hearing in the state's case against polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs after granting a defense motion barring use of any evidence found at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' Texas ranch in 2008.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24095/judge-cancels-hearing-in-case-against-warren-jeffs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24090/flds-has-new-president-but-is-warren-jeffs-still-their-prophet http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24090/flds-has-new-president-but-is-warren-jeffs-still-their-prophet#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:11:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24090 A new president has been called to lead a controversial polygamous sect, replacing jailed leader Warren S. Jeffs in that post.

Wendell Nielsen, 69, is now president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and of the corporate entity that handles the faith's business dealings, according to a document filed with the state of Utah.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24090/flds-has-new-president-but-is-warren-jeffs-still-their-prophet/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24051/flds-sect-member-pleads-no-contest-sentenced-to-seven-years http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24051/flds-sect-member-pleads-no-contest-sentenced-to-seven-years#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:07:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24051 Michael Emack, a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, pleaded no contest to the accusation of sexual assault of a child Friday, was found guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Emack is the third of 10 FLDS members indicted, with trials scheduled to go on through December.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24051/flds-sect-member-pleads-no-contest-sentenced-to-seven-years/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24032/polygamist-leader-suing-b-c-government http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24032/polygamist-leader-suing-b-c-government#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:11:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24032 Winston Blackmore, the leader of a polygamous community in southeastern British Columbia who has admitted to having multiple wives, is suing the provincial government for violating his rights when he was charged last year.

The charges were thrown out last fall after the men's lawyers successfully argued in court that the decision of a previous special prosecutor not to lay charges was final.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24032/polygamist-leader-suing-b-c-government/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24001/polygamist-winston-blackmore-predicts-opponents-will-be-damned http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24001/polygamist-winston-blackmore-predicts-opponents-will-be-damned#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:08:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24001 Winston Blackmore, Canada's best known polygamist, foresees a year of doom for those that deliberately break up families or interfere with a person's freedom.

The cult leader was charged with polygamy earlier this year, but the court quashed the charges on procedural grounds, deciding that the government had unfairly gone “prosecutor shopping” to find someone to prosecute Mr. Blackmore after two independent prosecutors had advised against it.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24001/polygamist-winston-blackmore-predicts-opponents-will-be-damned/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23987/jury-gives-flds-man-33-years http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23987/jury-gives-flds-man-33-years#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:40:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23987 A jury in Texas has sentenced polygamist Allan Eugene Keate to 33 years in prison.

The FLDS sect member was convicted earlier this week for his alleged so-called “spiritual marriage” to a 15-year-old girl who gave birth at age 16.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23987/jury-gives-flds-man-33-years/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23979/polygamist-flds-sect-member-allan-keate-convicted http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23979/polygamist-flds-sect-member-allan-keate-convicted#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:02:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23979 A 57-year-old member of a polygamist group raided by Texas authorities last year has been convicted of sexual assault of a child.

He faces up to life in prison for his alleged so-called "spiritual marriage" to a 15-year-old girl who gave birth at age 16. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23979/polygamist-flds-sect-member-allan-keate-convicted/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23954/flds-indictments-upheld-keate-trial-begins-today http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23954/flds-indictments-upheld-keate-trial-begins-today#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:17:42 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23954 After two hearings lasting 12 hours Monday, the stage is set for the trial of Allan Eugene Keate, beginning today in the Memorial Building in Eldorado.

Keate, a member of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints sect, is alleged to have taken an underage girl as a "spiritual" wife.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23954/flds-indictments-upheld-keate-trial-begins-today/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23948/flds-church-prophets-heirs-ask-judge-to-dump-trustee http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23948/flds-church-prophets-heirs-ask-judge-to-dump-trustee#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:32:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23948 The FLDS church and heirs of a former prophet want a Utah judge to remove a fiduciary who oversees a polygamous community's property trust, alleging the trustee's actions have left the trust in "decidedly worse" shape than when he took over its management.

They ask the judge to appoint a new fiduciary who does not have "an obvious conflict of interest" -- something she has refused to do in the past. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23948/flds-church-prophets-heirs-ask-judge-to-dump-trustee/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23897/allen-keate-flds http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23897/allen-keate-flds#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:35:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23897 Allen Keate -- a member of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints sect -- will be tried Dec. 7 on a charge of sexual abuse of a child, a second-degree felony that carries a punishment of two to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.

An April 2008 raid of the sect’s Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado resulted in the removal of more than 400 children and criminal charges against 12 FLDS men.

Last week a jury convicted FLDS member Raymond Jessop, sentencing him to 10 years in prison.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23897/allen-keate-flds/feed 0