http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26461/federal-judge-denies-breakaway-amish-leaders-request-for-release-on-bond http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26461/federal-judge-denies-breakaway-amish-leaders-request-for-release-on-bond#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:40:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26461 Amish sect leader Sam Mullet, accused of orchestrating a series of beard-cutting attacks against other Amish throughout Ohio, will remain jailed pending trial in March on federal hate crimes charges.

Mullet is said to have issued death threats in the past and has complete control over his community.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26461/federal-judge-denies-breakaway-amish-leaders-request-for-release-on-bond/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26455/amish-sect-leader-seeks-release-from-jail http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26455/amish-sect-leader-seeks-release-from-jail#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:43:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26455 The jailed leader of a breakaway sect of Amish accused of orchestrating a series of beard-cutting attacks on other Amish across Ohio has again asked a federal judge to let him out pending trial, saying he'll allow electric lines to be installed at his house so that he can be monitored by the government.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26455/amish-sect-leader-seeks-release-from-jail/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26434/amish-sect-members-plead-not-guilty-in-beard-cutting-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26434/amish-sect-members-plead-not-guilty-in-beard-cutting-case#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:05:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26434 Twelve members of an Amish splinter group in Ohio pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a spate of beard- and hair-cutting assaults last fall on other Amish.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26434/amish-sect-members-plead-not-guilty-in-beard-cutting-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26388/renegade-amish-group-charged-with-hate-crimes-in-beard-cutting-attacks http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26388/renegade-amish-group-charged-with-hate-crimes-in-beard-cutting-attacks#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:32:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26388
Samuel Mullet and 11 members of his group also face charges of conspiracy, assault and tampering with evidence in the case that has drawn worldwide attention to the insular community.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26388/renegade-amish-group-charged-with-hate-crimes-in-beard-cutting-attacks/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26358/three-men-in-amish-beard-cutting-cult-waive-hearing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26358/three-men-in-amish-beard-cutting-cult-waive-hearing#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:18:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26358 Three men from an Amish splinter group facing hate crime charges over beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio waived their right to a hearing on Friday and will remain behind bars.

On Wednesday, a federal magistrate judge in Youngstown, Ohio denied bond to four other members of the sect.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26358/three-men-in-amish-beard-cutting-cult-waive-hearing/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26355/4-denied-bond-in-amish-beard-cutting-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26355/4-denied-bond-in-amish-beard-cutting-case#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:33:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26355 Four members of a breakaway Amish group charged with hate crimes were denied bond Wednesday.

The judge ordered them held, calling sect leader Samuel Mullet a danger to the Amish community.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26355/4-denied-bond-in-amish-beard-cutting-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26352/suspects-face-arraignment-in-amish-beard-cutting-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26352/suspects-face-arraignment-in-amish-beard-cutting-case#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:35:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26352 Members of a breakaway Amish group charged with hate crimes will be arraigned in federal court in Youngstown, Ohio, on Wednesday.

The men who were allegedly attacked are believed to be former members of Mullet's group who left over various disagreements.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26352/suspects-face-arraignment-in-amish-beard-cutting-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26339/members-of-breakaway-amish-sect-charged-with-federal-hate-crimes-for-beard-attacks http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26339/members-of-breakaway-amish-sect-charged-with-federal-hate-crimes-for-beard-attacks#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:29:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26339 Authorities raided the compound of a breakaway Amish group Wednesday morning and arrested seven men on federal hate crime charges in hair-cutting attacks against Amish men and women.

Among those arrested were the group's leader, Sam Mullet, and three of his sons, said Mike Tobin, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26339/members-of-breakaway-amish-sect-charged-with-federal-hate-crimes-for-beard-attacks/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26307/son-cuts-mans-beard-in-latest-amish-attack http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26307/son-cuts-mans-beard-in-latest-amish-attack#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:47:22 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26307 An elderly Amish man was attacked by his own son, who a sheriff said cut the man's hair and beard in the latest incident in a breakaway Amish community.

The man was attacked while visiting his son in the breakaway Amish community that's home to five suspects charged in an earlier beard-cutting attack.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26307/son-cuts-mans-beard-in-latest-amish-attack/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26264/fbi-investigating-amish-beard-cutting-attacks http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26264/fbi-investigating-amish-beard-cutting-attacks#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:04:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26264 An Amish sect referred to as the Bergholz Clan is the subject of a federal investigation following a wave of Amish-on-Amish incidents, FBI spokeswoman Vicki Anderson confirmed to CNN Wednesday.

law enforcement officials and members of the Amish community believe the sect's leader has created a cult and is single-handedly behind the beard cutting incidents and other crimes in recent years]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26264/fbi-investigating-amish-beard-cutting-attacks/feed 0