http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:01:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25759/samanta-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology-again-files-for-bankruptcy-protection http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25759/samanta-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology-again-files-for-bankruptcy-protection#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:17:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25759 Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology in Shawano, Wisconson has filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware for the second time.

Former members have described the group as a religious cult.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25759/samanta-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology-again-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25760/sist-hotel-loses-case-attorney-fined http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25760/sist-hotel-loses-case-attorney-fined#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:18:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25760 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25760/sist-hotel-loses-case-attorney-fined/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24409/no-charges-in-bizarre-injuries-at-cult-heads-home http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24409/no-charges-in-bizarre-injuries-at-cult-heads-home#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:20:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24409 No charges will be filed in a bizarre happening at the home of a suspected religious cult leader that left an 18-year-old woman with life-threatening injuries, Baltimore County police said Tuesday.

Police have concluded that Carmella Goldstein was hurt when a slab of granite fell on top of her, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press. She suffered a punctured lung and a broken leg, pelvis and ribs, and traumatic injuries to an eye and her genital area, according to the report.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24409/no-charges-in-bizarre-injuries-at-cult-heads-home/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24401/police-look-for-answers-after-sist-raid http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24401/police-look-for-answers-after-sist-raid#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:05:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24401 Baltimore County police say they've been stymied in investigating injuries to a teenage girl at a house that is owned by a suspected religious cult leader from Wisconsin. The girl is not providing many details about the incident.

That doesn't surprise some people familiar with the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24401/police-look-for-answers-after-sist-raid/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24395/assault-probed-at-samanta-roy-institute-leader-home http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24395/assault-probed-at-samanta-roy-institute-leader-home#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:44:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24395 An 18-year-old woman suffered numerous injuries at a suburban Baltimore home owned by the founder of an organization that's been described as a religious cult, but the woman and her associates have not been forthcoming about what happened, police said Thursday.

"The victim and the other persons involved in this case haven't been very cooperative because they're anti-government," a police spokesman said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24395/assault-probed-at-samanta-roy-institute-leader-home/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24393/house-of-sist-found-empty-after-barricade-situation-lasting-overnight http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24393/house-of-sist-found-empty-after-barricade-situation-lasting-overnight#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:42:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24393 Baltimore County police were searching for at least one suspect in the assault on an 18-year-old woman that led to a barricade Wednesday around a Pikesville house owned by a suspected religious cult leader.

Police said Avraham Cohen is not a part of the investigation into the incident, and he was not believed to be at the residence at the time of the assault, but the victim might have been part of the organization.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24393/house-of-sist-found-empty-after-barricade-situation-lasting-overnight/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24389/baltimore-area-authorities-raid-home-of-sists-avraham-cohen http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24389/baltimore-area-authorities-raid-home-of-sists-avraham-cohen#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:07:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24389 The home is owned by Avraham Cohen, the President of the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology. Police say they do not believe Cohen is directly involved, but other members of his group may be.

The raid came after a young woman was assaulted inside the home. She was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, including internal injuries.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24389/baltimore-area-authorities-raid-home-of-sists-avraham-cohen/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24391/creditors-now-can-go-after-sist http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24391/creditors-now-can-go-after-sist#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 20:18:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24391
Court records show the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology owes over $13 million to a list of various creditors.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24391/creditors-now-can-go-after-sist/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23737/samata-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23737/samata-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:14:05 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23737 Although federal prosecutors will not pursue charges in connection to alleged threats against residents by a secretive group near Shawano, Wisconsin, no one has given those named on the "implied threat" list the all clear.

Meanwhile the groups is is no longer under the protection of Federal Bankruptcy Court. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23737/samata-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23258/samanta-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23258/samanta-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:43:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23258 More than three months after police announced they had a person of interest in custody for making threats against 60 Shawano-area residents, investigators have offered little about their efforts to solve the case.

Meanwhile the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology is facing growing financial problems. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23258/samanta-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology/feed 0