http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:01:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26240/former-flds-sect-leader-wendell-nielsen-challenges-texas-bigamy-law http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26240/former-flds-sect-leader-wendell-nielsen-challenges-texas-bigamy-law#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:15:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26240 A former polygamous sect leader facing bigamy charges in Texas is challenging that state’s bigamy law as unconstitutional.

In newly filed court documents in Schleicher County, Nielsen’s attorneys argue that the law unfairly targets groups with a religious belief in plural marriage.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26240/former-flds-sect-leader-wendell-nielsen-challenges-texas-bigamy-law/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26234/flds-member-michael-emack-still-fighting-texas-search-warrant http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26234/flds-member-michael-emack-still-fighting-texas-search-warrant#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:15:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26234 A polygamous sect man convicted of sexual assault isn’t giving up his fight against the search warrant that led to a massive raid on the sect’s remote Texas ranch.

Attorneys for Michael Emack filed a motion for rehearing in the Texas Third Court of Appeals this week.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26234/flds-member-michael-emack-still-fighting-texas-search-warrant/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26228/police-help-plural-wife-of-warren-jeffs-flee-polygamous-community http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26228/police-help-plural-wife-of-warren-jeffs-flee-polygamous-community#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:58:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26228 One of the wives of imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has left him and the FLDS Church and is being sheltered by law enforcement

The Washington County, Utah Attorney is looking into allegations that the 25-year-old woman was held against her will and even drugged.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26228/police-help-plural-wife-of-warren-jeffs-flee-polygamous-community/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26207/life-in-a-polygamist-town-after-warren-jeffs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26207/life-in-a-polygamist-town-after-warren-jeffs#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:04:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26207 Now that the polygamist FLDS sect's leader and prophet Warren Jeffs has been jailed for life plus 20 years, cracks may be showing in the group's armor.

But life in the polygamist town of Colorado City hasn't become any easier.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26207/life-in-a-polygamist-town-after-warren-jeffs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26205/flds-deals-possible-in-2-mens-cases http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26205/flds-deals-possible-in-2-mens-cases#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:50:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26205 Polygamist sect members accused of child sexual assault and bigamy are looking at resolutions to their cases outside jury trials.

The resolutions could include plea deals.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26205/flds-deals-possible-in-2-mens-cases/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26204/warrant-issued-for-former-warren-jeffs-bodyguard http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26204/warrant-issued-for-former-warren-jeffs-bodyguard#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:40:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26204 A 5th District Court judge authorized a warrant Wednesday for the arrest of William R. Jessop, who once worked as bodyguard for jailed cult leader Warren Jeffs.

Jessops is believed to be in Switzerland.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26204/warrant-issued-for-former-warren-jeffs-bodyguard/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/26173/cult-leader-warren-jeffs-out-of-hospital-heads-to-another-prison http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26173/cult-leader-warren-jeffs-out-of-hospital-heads-to-another-prison#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:36:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26173 Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was en route to a Texas state prison Tuesday night following his discharge from a hospital at another prison where he was treated after becoming sick while fasting, a state official said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26173/cult-leader-warren-jeffs-out-of-hospital-heads-to-another-prison/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26148/trial-of-former-flds-frederick-merril-jessop-bishop-moved http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26148/trial-of-former-flds-frederick-merril-jessop-bishop-moved#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:03:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26148 The trial of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints former bishop Fredrick Merril Jessop on a charge of conducting an illegal ceremony will be held in Coke County.

Jessop was indicted on charges that he conducted a ceremony prohibited by law by marrying an underage girl to Warren Jeffs, the church head of the FLDS in 2006.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26148/trial-of-former-flds-frederick-merril-jessop-bishop-moved/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26144/warren-jeffs-files-handwritten-motion-for-new-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26144/warren-jeffs-files-handwritten-motion-for-new-trial#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:42:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26144 In a handwritten motion, polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is asking for a new trial on sexual assault of a child charges in Texas.

The one-page motion is written in the same rambling, archaic style that characterized Jeffs’ speech at trial after he fired his team of high-profile attorneys.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26144/warren-jeffs-files-handwritten-motion-for-new-trial/feed 0