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/22010/doomsday-sect-russia-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22010/doomsday-sect-russia-4#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:57:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22010 A court in central Russia ordered on Friday the leader of a doomsday sect that recently spent more than six months underground waiting for the apocalypse to undergo compulsory psychiatric treatment.

"The defendant [Pyotr Kuznetsov] will not be responsible for the crimes he committed when mentally ill. The court has ordered compulsory treatment for him in a psychiatric ward," Judge Maria Smyslova said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22010/doomsday-sect-russia-4/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21805/witnesses-forced-to-give-evidence-in-russian-doomsday-prophet-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21805/witnesses-forced-to-give-evidence-in-russian-doomsday-prophet-case#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:01:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21805 Although Russian cult leader Pyotr Kuznetsov has already been declared legally insane, the court will attempt to determine his mental state at the time his followers first went underground.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21805/witnesses-forced-to-give-evidence-in-russian-doomsday-prophet-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21784/russian-doomsday-prophet-too-ill-to-attend-court http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21784/russian-doomsday-prophet-too-ill-to-attend-court#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:13:05 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21784 Although the sect leader has been declared legally insane, the court will attempt to determine his mental state at the time his followers first went underground.

Two members of the sect perished in the dugout, one from malnutrition brought about during fasting, and another from cancer.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21784/russian-doomsday-prophet-too-ill-to-attend-court/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21767/pyotr-kuznetsov-6 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21767/pyotr-kuznetsov-6#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:17:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21767 A local court in Russia's Penza region is set to hear the case of the Doomsday cult leader, Pyotr Kuznetsov. He is accused of inciting religious hatred after he inspired 35 of his followers, including four children, to lock themselves in an underground bunker to wait for the Apocalypse last November.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21767/pyotr-kuznetsov-6/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21621/russia-doomsday-cult-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21621/russia-doomsday-cult-4#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:37:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21621 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21621/russia-doomsday-cult-4/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21620/cult-leader-pyotr-kuznetso http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21620/cult-leader-pyotr-kuznetso#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:34:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21620 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21620/cult-leader-pyotr-kuznetso/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21372/doomsday-cult-russia http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21372/doomsday-cult-russia#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 11:31:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21372 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21372/doomsday-cult-russia/feed 0