http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:34:13 +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/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/22039/janet-moses-exorcism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22039/janet-moses-exorcism#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:20:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22039 The six women and three men, all members of Ms Moses' extended family, will stand trial in the High Court at Wellington, jointly charged with manslaughter, after their five lawyers agreed they had a case to answer.

Police say Ms Moses, 22, drowned in her grandparents' home in October last year after she was allegedly held down and had water poured down her throat to lift a makutu, or Maori curse, as up to 40 family members watched.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22039/janet-moses-exorcism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20126/janet-moses-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20126/janet-moses-2#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:21:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20126/janet-moses-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20126/janet-moses-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20125/janet-moses http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20125/janet-moses#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:18:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20125/janet-moses http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20125/janet-moses/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20124/exorcism-15 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20124/exorcism-15#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:10:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20124/exorcism-15 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20124/exorcism-15/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19989/exorcism-13 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19989/exorcism-13#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:35:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19989/exorcism-13 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19989/exorcism-13/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19899/exorcism-10 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19899/exorcism-10#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:58:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19899/exorcism-10 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19899/exorcism-10/feed 0