http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:40:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24102/cult-leader-goel-ratzons-wives-begin-lengthy-treatment http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24102/cult-leader-goel-ratzons-wives-begin-lengthy-treatment#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:49:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24102 Law enforcement and welfare officials have begun their attempt to bring 'polygamist cult' leader Goel Ratzon to justice, but experts told Ynet Tuesday that the process of rehabilitating the women 'married' to him would be a lengthy one.

Gabi Zohar, a social worker with years of experience caring for cult victims, explained that even the women who are rehabilitated will probably remain emotionally fragile.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24102/cult-leader-goel-ratzons-wives-begin-lengthy-treatment/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23998/french-aristocrats-break-free-from-sect-leader-thierry-tilly http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23998/french-aristocrats-break-free-from-sect-leader-thierry-tilly#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:52:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23998 Three generations of an aristocratic French family have "awoken" from the spell of an Oxford-based guru who is accused of spinning a lurid fantasy to rob them of their fortune.

At least eight members of the Védrines family, aged between 96 and 24, are now said to be ready to give evidence against Thierry Tilly, a self-proclaimed financial genius, master spy and agent of an age-old secret order.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23998/french-aristocrats-break-free-from-sect-leader-thierry-tilly/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23888/oxford-guru-thierry-tilly-accused-of-torturing-french-aristocrats http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23888/oxford-guru-thierry-tilly-accused-of-torturing-french-aristocrats#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:03:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23888 Thierry Tilly, an Oxford-based Frenchman, has been arrested over allegations that he kidnapped, tortured and brainwashed several generations of an aristocratic family into giving up their fortune.

Thierry Tilly, 45, allegedly posed as a secret agent to convince the rich and highly educated De Védrines family that they were the lost descendants of an ancient society called L'Equilibre du Monde (The Balance of the World), and that he had "superhuman powers" to help them reclaim their illustrious past and its "limitless treasure".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23888/oxford-guru-thierry-tilly-accused-of-torturing-french-aristocrats/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22417/dominion-christian-centre-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22417/dominion-christian-centre-3#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:27:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22417 A doctor accused of kidnapping his daughter in order to get her to leave a religious cult will have to wait another month before he learns his trial date.

Also accused in the case are the woman's mother, 55-year-old Lucie Brun Del Re, a French teacher in Georgetown; her brother Giancarlo Brun Del Re; and family friends Alan Honner and Theresa Honner.

The church, Dominion Christian Centre, denies it is a cult...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22417/dominion-christian-centre-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21921/diana-marsh http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21921/diana-marsh#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:24:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21921 A Tucson woman who is accused of killing her 5-year-old son was thoroughly brainwashed into believing a satanic cult was out to kill her and her son, and those closest to her were part of the plot, a forensic psychologist told jurors Wednesday.

Within a couple of months of meeting Tompson, Marsh testified, she became estranged from everyone she knew, including a pastor she was convinced was part of the satanic group.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21921/diana-marsh/feed 0