http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 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 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23845/one-mind-ministries-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23845/one-mind-ministries-2#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:21:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23845 A member of the now defunct religious cult One Mind Ministries is planning to plead guilty to a reduced charge related to the starvation death of 1-year-old Javon Thompson.

The attorney for Marcus Cobbs says he will plead guilty Friday to accessory after the fact, according to the Associated Press.

The boy's mother and several other members of the cult were charged in connection with the boy's death, who was allegedly starved because he would not say 'Amen' after meals.

A trial for the other members has been postponed until January 27.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23845/one-mind-ministries-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23830/one-mind-ministries http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23830/one-mind-ministries#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:38:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23830 The trial of three members of 1 Mind Ministries, a religious cult, has been postponed until Jan. 27.

A fourth cult member will have his case heard on Friday -- a possible sign that he intends to plead guilty, AP reports.

The cult members have been accused of starving a toddler to death because he would not say 'amen' at meal times.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23830/one-mind-ministries/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23826/one-mind-minstries http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23826/one-mind-minstries#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:49:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23826 Four members of a religious cult accused of starving a 1-year-old boy to death are scheduled for trial Monday, AP reports.

Authorities say the cult members starved 1-year-old Javon Thompson to death because the boy did not say "Amen" after meals.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23826/one-mind-minstries/feed 0 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/23513/one-mind-ministries-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23513/one-mind-ministries-trial#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:51:52 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23513 Two cult of four cult members scheduled to stand trial in the starvation death of a child have yet to hire lawyers.

The 1-year-old boy was starved because he refused to say 'Amen' after meals.

The boy's mother is to testify against the other cult members.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23513/one-mind-ministries-trial/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/23377/1-mind-ministries-6 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23377/1-mind-ministries-6#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:31:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23377 Members of One Mind Ministries drew little notice in the working-class Baltimore neighborhood where they lived in a nondescript brick rowhouse.

But inside, prosecutors say, horrors were unfolding: Answering to a leader called Queen Antoinette, they denied a 16-month-old boy food and water because he did not say "Amen" at mealtimes. After he died, they prayed over his body for days, expecting a resurrection, then packed it into a suitcase with mothballs. They left it in a shed in Philadelphia, where it remained for a year before detectives found it last spring.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23377/1-mind-ministries-6/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22939/1-mind-ministries-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22939/1-mind-ministries-5#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:15:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22939 In an unusual development for a murder case, an alleged member of a religious cult accused in the starvation death of a toddler was released from custody Monday and will remain free with minimal supervision until trial.

Four other members of the now-defunct 1 Mind Ministries remain held without bail.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22939/1-mind-ministries-5/feed 0