http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23502/verdict-janes-moses-exorcism-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23502/verdict-janes-moses-exorcism-death#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:13:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23502 Cries rang out in an emotion-filled courtroom after a New Zealand High Court jury found five members of the family of a young woman guilty of her manslaughter during a curse lifting ceremony.

The family performed an exorcism on Moses in October 2007, forcing water into her mouth and eyes to flush out demons and lift the makutu, or curse. Instead enough went into her lungs to drown her.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23502/verdict-janes-moses-exorcism-death/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23498/janet-moses-exorcism-death-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23498/janet-moses-exorcism-death-trial#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:06:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23498 The fate of eight family members who took part in an exorcism ritual in which a young mother died after water was poured down her throat is in the hands of a jury.

During the trial the New Zealan Crown called over 60 witnesses to give evidence against the accused. The Defence did not call a single one, instead using cross-examination to find flaws in the evidence. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23498/janet-moses-exorcism-death-trial/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23471/janet-moses-exocism-death-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23471/janet-moses-exocism-death-trial#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 13:02:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23471 Janet Moses die in October 2007, when she drowned as a result of the accused pouring water into her mouth and over her face during a ceremony to "cleanse" her.

An expert in Tainui iwi culture told the jury that the water-based cleansing ceremony was misguided, misinformed and mistaken. He indicated the family's actions had no cultural basis and was totally foreign to him.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23471/janet-moses-exocism-death-trial/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23469/rnbs-religion-news-roundup-faith-healing-witchcraft-exorcism-and-more http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23469/rnbs-religion-news-roundup-faith-healing-witchcraft-exorcism-and-more#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 21:57:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23469 Today's edition of RNB's Religion News Roundup includes two items about witchcraft, one somewhat funny, and one seriously disturbing.

The funny item involves the believe in Tanzania that by use of witchcraft one can transport crops from one farm to another (i.e. stealing in order to save oneself lots of hard work).

The serious item comes from Nigeria, where hundreds of children falsely accused of witchcraft have been killed.

There are also news items about faith healing, a link to resources for religion reporters covering the on-going torture debacle, and more...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23469/rnbs-religion-news-roundup-faith-healing-witchcraft-exorcism-and-more/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23439/janet-moses-exorcism-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23439/janet-moses-exorcism-death#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 08:32:51 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23439 A New Zealand family drowned a young mother by pouring water down her throat during a Maori exorcism, a court heard today.

Janet Moses, 22, died after family members poured water down her throat and into her eyes in an attempt to lift a curse on her, the High Court in Wellington, the capital, was told.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23439/janet-moses-exorcism-death/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23401/eddie-uyesugi-exorcism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23401/eddie-uyesugi-exorcism#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:52:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23401 An Orange County, Indiana man charged with injuring a 14-year-old Bloomington boy during an exorcism in 2007 turned down a chance to plead guilty to a less-serious charge and is on trial this week in Monroe Circuit Court.

The boy's mother reported that during the exorcism, Uyesugi beat and choked her son.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23401/eddie-uyesugi-exorcism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23344/amora-bain-carson-murdered http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23344/amora-bain-carson-murdered#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:27:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23344 A couple who told authorities they were trying to rid a toddler of demonic possession when she died, have been indicted for her murder.

The brutal murder included the child being beaten with a hammer, slammed into stationary objects and finally strangled.

An arrest affidavit states Milam performed an exorcism of the demons purportedly possessing their child.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23344/amora-bain-carson-murdered/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23263/novena-church-exorcism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23263/novena-church-exorcism#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:06:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23263 The Singapore High Court has thrown out the exorcism case against the priests and volunteers at Novena Church, after a trial spanning two years.

In a 61-page judgement on Friday, Justice Lee Seiu Kin held that Madam Amutha Valli Krishnan had not proved her case against the defendants for assault and battery, false imprisonment and negligence.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23263/novena-church-exorcism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23192/exorcism-28 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23192/exorcism-28#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:12:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23192 The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear the case of a former Colleyville woman who says that a forced traumatic exorcism left her so physically bruised and emotionally scarred that she later tried to commit suicide.

Attorneys for Laura Schubert Pearson filed an appeal before the court late last year arguing that the Texas Supreme Court was wrong in tossing out her case against the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God in Colleyville.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23192/exorcism-28/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23096/exorcism-27 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23096/exorcism-27#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:52:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23096 The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to review the case of a former Colleyville woman who claims a forced traumatic exorcism left her so physically bruised and emotionally scarred that she later attempted to commit suicide.

A sharply divided Texas Supreme Court ruled in June that the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God staff and members are protected by the First Amendment because it involves an ecclesiastical dispute over religious conduct.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23096/exorcism-27/feed 0