http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:52:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23554/1-mind-ministries-ria-ramkissoon http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23554/1-mind-ministries-ria-ramkissoon#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:29:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23554 A woman who pleaded guilty to starving her toddler son to death while part of a religious cult will be released from the Baltimore jail within a matter of weeks or even days, her attorney said Tuesday.

Members of the now defunct 1 Mind Ministries cult starved the toddler after he would not say 'amen' at mealtimes.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23554/1-mind-ministries-ria-ramkissoon/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23383/1-mind-ministries-7 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23383/1-mind-ministries-7#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:04:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23383 A former religious cult member who helped starve her son to death believes he will be resurrected, but legal experts say her extreme faith doesn't make her criminally insane.

The boy died more than two years ago when cult members stopped feeding him because he refused to say "Amen" after a meal, according to a statement of facts.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23383/1-mind-ministries-7/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23380/mom-pleads-guilty-in-cult-starvation-death-unless-resurrection-occurs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23380/mom-pleads-guilty-in-cult-starvation-death-unless-resurrection-occurs#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:35:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23380 Accepting a plea bargain that her attorney described as unprecedented in American jurisprudence, a 22-year-old Maryland woman yesterday agreed to cooperate in the prosecution of other defendants in the death of her son under the condition that charges against her be dropped if the child rises from the dead.

As part of her probation, the woman must submit to treatment, including sessions with an expert on cult behavior.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23380/mom-pleads-guilty-in-cult-starvation-death-unless-resurrection-occurs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22056/2-women-in-cult-related-death-case-denied-bail http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22056/2-women-in-cult-related-death-case-denied-bail#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:24:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22056 Two women were ordered held without bail yesterday on charges that they participated in the starvation death of a child whom they considered a "demon" because he wouldn't say amen after his meals, according to police charging documents.

Police say Antoinette was the leader of a cult and that Williams was one of her followers; each is charged with first-degree murder.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22056/2-women-in-cult-related-death-case-denied-bail/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22045/1-mind-ministries-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22045/1-mind-ministries-4#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:53:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22045 From the moment that Ria Ramkissoon and her baby boy Javon joined the tiny religious cult, 1 Mind Ministries, in April 2006, her life would change irrevocably.

Now, the 21-year-old woman is sitting in the psychiatric unit of a city jail in Baltimore accused by police of slowly starving her son to death and allowing cult members to beat him for disobeying orders such as saying "amen" at meals.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22045/1-mind-ministries-4/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22016/1-mind-ministries-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22016/1-mind-ministries-3#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:34:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22016 Court documents say cult members starved the toddler to death and kept his remains in a suitcase for more than a year, until Baltimore homicide detectives found the body in Philadelphia.

The leader of 1 Mind Ministries, who identifies herself as Queen Antoinette, had a problem with Javon, who a police source in court papers said would not comply with the group's ritual of saying "amen" after meals.

Court papers say that the more Queen Antoinette pressed the toddler, the more resistant he became and that he was subsequently deprived of food and water as punishment.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22016/1-mind-ministries-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21425/1-mind-ministries-cult-kills-baby http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21425/1-mind-ministries-cult-kills-baby#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 10:04:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21425 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21425/1-mind-ministries-cult-kills-baby/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21345/uncle-of-missing-child-says-cult-pursued-him http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21345/uncle-of-missing-child-says-cult-pursued-him#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 12:05:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21345 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21345/uncle-of-missing-child-says-cult-pursued-him/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21338/1-mind-ministries-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21338/1-mind-ministries-2#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 08:53:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21338 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21338/1-mind-ministries-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21337/1-mind-ministries http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21337/1-mind-ministries#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 08:43:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21337 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21337/1-mind-ministries/feed 0