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/22096/flds-custody-short-creek-raid http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22096/flds-custody-short-creek-raid#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:49:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22096 While investigations into abuses at the Texas community of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints continue custody cases for 34 of the sect's kids have been dropped.

Texas Child Welfare Authorities do want to see 8 children back in foster care.

Meanwhile, a hearing on a challenge to the law-enforcement search of the FLDS ranch may include the person who placed the hoax calls that led to the raid.

Plus: What have we learned from the 1953 raid on another FLDS community?]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22096/flds-custody-short-creek-raid/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21770/rozita-swinton http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21770/rozita-swinton#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:27:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21770 The April raid on the polygamous FLDS sect was in response to a phone call that may have been a hoax.

Growing evidence indicates Swinton repeatedly made calls to authorities in multiple jurisdictions, setting off large emergency responses that sometimes involved dozens of police officers.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21770/rozita-swinton/feed 0