http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25759/samanta-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology-again-files-for-bankruptcy-protection http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25759/samanta-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology-again-files-for-bankruptcy-protection#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:17:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25759 Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology in Shawano, Wisconson has filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware for the second time.

Former members have described the group as a religious cult.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25759/samanta-roy-institute-of-science-and-technology-again-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25760/sist-hotel-loses-case-attorney-fined http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25760/sist-hotel-loses-case-attorney-fined#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:18:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25760 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25760/sist-hotel-loses-case-attorney-fined/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24409/no-charges-in-bizarre-injuries-at-cult-heads-home http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24409/no-charges-in-bizarre-injuries-at-cult-heads-home#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:20:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24409 No charges will be filed in a bizarre happening at the home of a suspected religious cult leader that left an 18-year-old woman with life-threatening injuries, Baltimore County police said Tuesday.

Police have concluded that Carmella Goldstein was hurt when a slab of granite fell on top of her, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press. She suffered a punctured lung and a broken leg, pelvis and ribs, and traumatic injuries to an eye and her genital area, according to the report.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24409/no-charges-in-bizarre-injuries-at-cult-heads-home/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24401/police-look-for-answers-after-sist-raid http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24401/police-look-for-answers-after-sist-raid#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:05:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24401 Baltimore County police say they've been stymied in investigating injuries to a teenage girl at a house that is owned by a suspected religious cult leader from Wisconsin. The girl is not providing many details about the incident.

That doesn't surprise some people familiar with the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24401/police-look-for-answers-after-sist-raid/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24395/assault-probed-at-samanta-roy-institute-leader-home http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24395/assault-probed-at-samanta-roy-institute-leader-home#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:44:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24395 An 18-year-old woman suffered numerous injuries at a suburban Baltimore home owned by the founder of an organization that's been described as a religious cult, but the woman and her associates have not been forthcoming about what happened, police said Thursday.

"The victim and the other persons involved in this case haven't been very cooperative because they're anti-government," a police spokesman said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24395/assault-probed-at-samanta-roy-institute-leader-home/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24391/creditors-now-can-go-after-sist http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24391/creditors-now-can-go-after-sist#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 20:18:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24391
Court records show the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology owes over $13 million to a list of various creditors.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24391/creditors-now-can-go-after-sist/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22943/samanta-roy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22943/samanta-roy#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:59:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22943 Members of a religious sect based in nearby Wescott generated a list of elected officials, residents and members of the media they wanted "taken care of," authorities said Friday.

A Canadian citizen — a former business associate of the sect, Samanta Roy Institute for Science and Technology — contacted authorities on Oct. 30 with information about the threats and received the list from sect members on Nov. 3, Whealon said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22943/samanta-roy/feed 0