http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:21:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24942/1-mind-ministries-cult-member-who-starved-son-treatment http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24942/1-mind-ministries-cult-member-who-starved-son-treatment#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:43:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24942 A judge praised a young mother for great strides in her treatment after she starved her 1-year-old son to death while part of the 1 Mind Ministries religious cult.

The woman's attorney said Wednesday she is breaking free of the belief that her son will be resurrected.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24942/1-mind-ministries-cult-member-who-starved-son-treatment/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24316/1-mind-ministries-cult-leader-sentenced http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24316/1-mind-ministries-cult-leader-sentenced#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 18:46:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24316 Three cult members have been sentenced for the death of a toddler starved for not saying "Amen" after meals.

Authorities say they manipulated 23-year-old Ria Ramkissoon, who believed her baby would be resurrected through the dead through prayer. When that didn't happen one member stuffed the body in a suit cases and left it in a storage shed in Philadelphia.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24316/1-mind-ministries-cult-leader-sentenced/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24256/former-one-mind-ministries-cult-member-gets-suspended-sentence http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24256/former-one-mind-ministries-cult-member-gets-suspended-sentence#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:02:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24256 A woman who starved her 1-year-old son to death at the behest of a the leader of a religious group has been given a suspended sentence and probation.

Ria Ramkissoon was a member of 1 Mind Ministries but in a plea agreement she testified against the cult's leader.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24256/former-one-mind-ministries-cult-member-gets-suspended-sentence/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24129/1-one-mind-ministries-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24129/1-one-mind-ministries-cult#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:49:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24129 Closing arguments are expected today in the Baltimore trial of three members of an alleged cult -- the now defunct 1 Mind Ministries -- who are accused of starving a toddler to death because he didn't pray properly.

The defendants, who are representing themselves, rested their cases within minutes Monday without calling any witnesses.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24129/1-one-mind-ministries-cult/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24121/mother-says-she-agreed-to-starve-son-to-rid-him-of-demonic-spirit http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24121/mother-says-she-agreed-to-starve-son-to-rid-him-of-demonic-spirit#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:51:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24121 The mother of a dead child testified Wednesday that she agreed to starve her toddler son, who refused to say "amen," to rid him of a demonic spirit that was potentially placed there when her own mother offered the boy up to the devil.

She still believes God will resurrect her son.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24121/mother-says-she-agreed-to-starve-son-to-rid-him-of-demonic-spirit/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24118/prosecutors-boy-starved-to-death-at-cults-hands http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24118/prosecutors-boy-starved-to-death-at-cults-hands#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:41:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24118 The leader of a religious cult was "outraged" when a 1-year-old boy did not say "Amen" before a meal and ordered her followers to deprive him of food and water until he died, a Baltimore prosecutor told jurors Monday.

Three members of the now-defunct cult known as 1 Mind Ministries are on trial for murder in the death of Javon Thompson]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24118/prosecutors-boy-starved-to-death-at-cults-hands/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24109/1-mind-ministries-8 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24109/1-mind-ministries-8#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:03:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24109 Queen Antoinette - aka Toni Sloan or Toni Ellsberry - sat at a defense table Tuesday and grimaced every time she heard a statement she didn't like, particularly those containing the words "cult" or "commune."

Her actions irked Assistant Public Defender Maureen Rowland, representing one of Antoinette's co-defendants in a bizarre homicide case that involves the alleged starvation death of a toddler.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24109/1-mind-ministries-8/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24104/one-mind-ministries-trial-jury-selection http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24104/one-mind-ministries-trial-jury-selection#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:23:22 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24104 Two women who were part of the now defunct One Mind Ministries cult won't have the benefit of lawyers when they go on trial on charges they starved a 1-year-old boy to death.

The boy's mother has agreed to testify against the group members.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24104/one-mind-ministries-trial-jury-selection/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24097/one-mind-ministries-trial-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24097/one-mind-ministries-trial-2#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:43:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24097 The focus will be the leader of the small group One Mind Ministries, which police call a cult.

Queen Antoinette ordered followers to starve a 16-month-old boy in 2007 because he didn't say "Amen" at breakfast, prosecutors say in court records. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24097/one-mind-ministries-trial-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23850/one-mind-ministries-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23850/one-mind-ministries-3#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:48:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23850 A former member of a religious cult backed out of a plea deal Friday and will face trial on charges that he and others starved a toddler to death because the boy refused to say "Amen" after meals.

Marcus A. Cobbs, 22, had agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge of accessory after the fact. But his attorney abruptly withdrew the plea after a dispute with prosecutors over the conditions of his release.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23850/one-mind-ministries-3/feed 0