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/24248/allegations-of-false-testimony-in-warren-jeffs-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24248/allegations-of-false-testimony-in-warren-jeffs-case#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:24:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24248 The Utah Attorney General's Office has joined an investigation into allegations that a midwife lied during polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs' 2007 trial when she said medical records used as evidence were original documents.

The A.G.'s Office said Thursday it learned two days ago that Jane Blackmore, a former FLDS member who lives in British Columbia, may have "re-created" records used to corroborate her testimony about medical care Elissa Wall received in 2002 for a miscarriage.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24248/allegations-of-false-testimony-in-warren-jeffs-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24130/false-testimony-alleged-at-warren-jeffs-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24130/false-testimony-alleged-at-warren-jeffs-trial#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:20:11 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24130 The Washington County Sheriff's Office is investigating an allegation of dishonest testimony about medical records of the state's key witness during the 2007 criminal trial of FLDS polygamous sect prophet Warren S. Jeffs.

The case was based on a 2001 spiritual marriage Jeffs performed between Elissa Wall, then 14, and Allen G. Steed, then 19.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24130/false-testimony-alleged-at-warren-jeffs-trial/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23524/religion-news-roundup-9 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23524/religion-news-roundup-9#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:20:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23524 In today's RNB Religion News Roundup: lawyers hope Tony Alamo won't speak; cult leader Alan Bushey faces sentencing; No deal on rape charge for man whose marriage to underage sect member led to conviction of FLDS cult leader Warren Jeffs.

Also: While providing marriage counseling, two associate pastors concealed that a third pastor was having an affair with a man's wife. Then: A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a charge against an avowed white supremacist accused of threatening a juror. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23524/religion-news-roundup-9/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23265/elissa-wall-lawsuit http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23265/elissa-wall-lawsuit#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:36:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23265 A fiduciary overseeing a polygamous sect's trust has sued the parents, a sister and former husband of Elissa Wall, saying they, not the trust, are responsible for her forced marriage at age 14.

He argues that any damages that may have resulted from her 2001 marriage to Allen Steed were "primarily and ultimately" caused by their failure to act.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23265/elissa-wall-lawsuit/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22293/flds-warrants http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22293/flds-warrants#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:51:51 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22293 The search warrants reveal new names under investigation by law enforcement for alleged underage marriages.

The latest warrants also name an ex-member of the polygamous sect who gave information to Schleicher County Sheriff David Doran in the years leading up to the April 3 raid on the YFZ Ranch.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22293/flds-warrants/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21452/elissa-wall-stolen-innocence http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21452/elissa-wall-stolen-innocence#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 14:32:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21452 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21452/elissa-wall-stolen-innocence/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19428/elissa-wall http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19428/elissa-wall#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:13:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19428/elissa-wall http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19428/elissa-wall/feed 0