http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26487/will-the-taxwomen-bring-down-the-polygamist-how-about-a-columnist http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26487/will-the-taxwomen-bring-down-the-polygamist-how-about-a-columnist#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:49:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26487 Winston Blackmore may have finally met his match: the taxwomen -- whom he is facing in a landmark Tax Court trial.

Also on his case: Canadian author and columnist Daphne Branham.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26487/will-the-taxwomen-bring-down-the-polygamist-how-about-a-columnist/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26485/polygamous-leader-borrowed-25k-for-end-of-the-world-false-predicted-15-times-by-warren-jeffs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26485/polygamous-leader-borrowed-25k-for-end-of-the-world-false-predicted-15-times-by-warren-jeffs#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:13:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26485 Canadian polygamist Winston Blackmore revealed in a Tax Court he was compelled to pay money to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to prepare for the end of world as prophecied by the sect's leader, Warren Jeffs.

To date at least 15 different deadlines set by Jeffs have gone and gone.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26485/polygamous-leader-borrowed-25k-for-end-of-the-world-false-predicted-15-times-by-warren-jeffs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26463/winston-blackmore-describes-living-arrangements-with-his-21-wives http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26463/winston-blackmore-describes-living-arrangements-with-his-21-wives#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:51:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26463 Polygamous sect leader Winston Blackmore claims he is minister to approximately 400 followers in Bountiful and that they constitute a congregation, which should provide them an enormous break on taxes.

The Government of Canada is seeking to prove that he repeatedly understated his income on tax returns, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars being owed to the government]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26463/winston-blackmore-describes-living-arrangements-with-his-21-wives/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26459/flds-leader-winston-blackmore-owes-4-3m-taxman-says http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26459/flds-leader-winston-blackmore-owes-4-3m-taxman-says#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:38:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26459 The polygamous community of Bountiful is not a congregation and by insisting that it is, community leader Winston Blackmore is trying to offload a tax bill on to those who can ill afford to pay it – including young men shipped out of the community to work at low-paying jobs, a federal tax lawyer said on Monday.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26459/flds-leader-winston-blackmore-owes-4-3m-taxman-says/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26450/new-special-prosecutor-for-flds-community-of-bountiful http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26450/new-special-prosecutor-for-flds-community-of-bountiful#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:42:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26450 Vancouver lawyer Peter Wilson has been named as the new special prosecutor to look into potential criminal offences in Bountiful, British Columbia.

He will be considering potential offences relating to sexual offences against minors, including sexual assault, sexual interference and parents or guardians procuring sexual activity.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26450/new-special-prosecutor-for-flds-community-of-bountiful/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26345/canadian-police-takes-child-bride-human-trafficking-investigation-to-texas http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26345/canadian-police-takes-child-bride-human-trafficking-investigation-to-texas#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:59:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26345 Officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force will be in Texas from Dec. 12 to 16 to gather information about underage Canadian girls believed to have been victimized by Warren Jeffs, the convicted pedophile and leader of a fundamentalist Mormon group.

Earlier this year, RCMP contacted Texas authorities after learning of 31 child brides with connections to Bountiful.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26345/canadian-police-takes-child-bride-human-trafficking-investigation-to-texas/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26340/canadian-provincial-court-upholds-ban-on-polygamy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26340/canadian-provincial-court-upholds-ban-on-polygamy#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:09:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26340 A judge in British Columbia has decided that Canada's ban of polygamy does not violate the country's Charter of Rights.

B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Bauman issued his decision Wednesday, saying that while the ban does indeed violate the freedom-of-religion rights of those practising polygamy, polygamy brings such harm to women and children that they outweigh those rights.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26340/canadian-provincial-court-upholds-ban-on-polygamy/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26335/b-c-court-to-rule-whether-polygamy-is-constitutional http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26335/b-c-court-to-rule-whether-polygamy-is-constitutional#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:18:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26335 The husbands and wives in the isolated polygamous commune of Bountiful, B.C., are about to learn whether the 121-year-old law that has overshadowed their lives violates their religious freedoms.

A British Columbia judge will rule Wednesday whether Canada's anti-polygamy law is consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26335/b-c-court-to-rule-whether-polygamy-is-constitutional/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26189/polygamist-communities-sent-teens-to-work-long-hours-for-low-pay http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26189/polygamist-communities-sent-teens-to-work-long-hours-for-low-pay#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:42:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26189 A polygamous sect in Bountiful, B.C. under scrutiny for its treatment of women has used its young men and women as a cheap source of labour, according to court documents and a former church member.

Dozens of young people - some from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints sect in Bountiful but others from the United States - were sent to Sundre, Alta. to work for a post, timber and logging operation.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26189/polygamist-communities-sent-teens-to-work-long-hours-for-low-pay/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25833/b-c-polygamists-win-support-of-civil-rights-group http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25833/b-c-polygamists-win-support-of-civil-rights-group#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:11:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25833 Canada's ban on polygamy invites the state into the bedrooms of consenting adults, says a B.C. civil rights group that is siding with a controversial religious sect in a landmark court case on the federal law barring multiple marriage.

While it, too, is concerned about allegations of child abuse and sexual interference, it argues the government should stay out of the bedroom -- but investigate and prosecute criminal activity.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25833/b-c-polygamists-win-support-of-civil-rights-group/feed 0