http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26490/convicted-killer-sues-to-practice-satanism-in-prison http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26490/convicted-killer-sues-to-practice-satanism-in-prison#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:55:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26490 Joshua Cookson, convicted of murdering an acquaintance at his mobile home in 1999 wants a federal court judge to require Maine prison officials to allow him to practice Satanism as a religion.

Cookson is allowed to practice Satanism in his own cell, but he wants permission to practice with others. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26490/convicted-killer-sues-to-practice-satanism-in-prison/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25049/satanic-groups-plans-for-oklahoma-city-meeting-draws-calls-of-concern-comments http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25049/satanic-groups-plans-for-oklahoma-city-meeting-draws-calls-of-concern-comments#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:38:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25049 atanic exorcism" at the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall prompted citizens to telephone and e-mail the city, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

In Tuesday's Oklahoman, Civic Center officials confirmed that the Church of the IV Majesties has booked one of the smaller rooms at the Civic Center for a meeting on Oct. 21. The group's leader said they will perform a parody of a Roman Catholic exorcism.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25049/satanic-groups-plans-for-oklahoma-city-meeting-draws-calls-of-concern-comments/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24988/difficult-to-escape-abusive-satanic-cults-exist-in-the-shadows-of-society http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24988/difficult-to-escape-abusive-satanic-cults-exist-in-the-shadows-of-society#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:16:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24988 Satanic cults constitute a world in which evil reigns, so keeping them clandestine is essential. But one young German woman has dared to speak openly about growing up in such a cult.

Brigitte Hahn, the sect commissioner for the Catholic Diocese of Muenster, says 30 victims of such Satanic cults have sought help from her office. Some of the women described black masses, which also included ritualistic abortions and even murder.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24988/difficult-to-escape-abusive-satanic-cults-exist-in-the-shadows-of-society/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24868/russian-satanists-jailed-for-ritual-sacrifice-teen-killings http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24868/russian-satanists-jailed-for-ritual-sacrifice-teen-killings#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:59:05 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24868 Six members of a Satanic cult were jailed for up to 20 years in Russia on Monday for four murders in which they "ritually sacrificed", dismembered and then ate their teenage victims in a forest.

The members of the gang called themselves Satanists and earlier carried out animal sacrifices, Komsomolskaya Pravda, the Russian daily, reported, citing investigators.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24868/russian-satanists-jailed-for-ritual-sacrifice-teen-killings/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24349/satanic-cult-teens-sacrificed-victims-then-ate-them http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24349/satanic-cult-teens-sacrificed-victims-then-ate-them#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 23:28:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24349 Seven young members of a satanic sect have gone on trial in Russia accused of four gruesome murders in which they "ritually sacrificed" their victims before cooking and eating parts of them.

The case is being held behind closed doors but local media say all seven defendants admit their guilt. They are officially charged with murder, theft and the desecration of human remains.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24349/satanic-cult-teens-sacrificed-victims-then-ate-them/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24156/satan-worshipers-possible-suspects-in-kimberly-simon-slaying http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24156/satan-worshipers-possible-suspects-in-kimberly-simon-slaying#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:24:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24156 The last hours of Kimberly Simon’s life in 1985 were likely spent with a group of young men who worshiped the devil, tortured cats, used hallucinogenic drugs and sexually abused women, according to investigators who have been probing her homicide for the past 16 months.

By disclosing the new information, investigators hope to stir public interest in watching the “America’s Most Wanted” episode scheduled to feature Simon’s case.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24156/satan-worshipers-possible-suspects-in-kimberly-simon-slaying/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23939/couple-gets-probation-in-case-linked-to-satanism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23939/couple-gets-probation-in-case-linked-to-satanism#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:31:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23939 A North Carolina couple whose crimes were linked to Satan worship pleaded to misdemeanor charges and will serve probation, a defense attorney said.

The case against a third person was dismissed last January.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23939/couple-gets-probation-in-case-linked-to-satanism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23316/religion-news-6 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23316/religion-news-6#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:59:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23316 In Today's RNB Roundup, • Inmate says jailers interfered with his Satanic religious practices. • Rastafarians tells an Italian judge their pound of marijuana was for religious purposes. • Quick, sell your TV: The PTL Club may soon be back on the screen • A look at Scandinavia's kinder, gentler atheists.

Also: • Leonard Cohen returns to the road, for reasons practical and spiritual, • Transcendental Meditation taught in American schools. And more...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23316/religion-news-6/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23220/satanic-cult-russia http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23220/satanic-cult-russia#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:56:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23220 The leader of a satanist sect in Russia's Republic of Mordovia that included more than 60 members has been arrested and the group shut down, investigators announced on Wednesday.

Investigators said the members rented a house where they "conducted cult ceremonies, including illegal acts of alcoholic binge drinking, sexual practices and antisocial behavior."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23220/satanic-cult-russia/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23198/lawrence-douglas-harris-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23198/lawrence-douglas-harris-2#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:16:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23198 In the basement, officers find candles, Larry's ritual knife, stained with DNA from one of the girls, a symbol of Baphomet, representing Satan and believed to have occult power, bells and an amulet with an inverted pentagram -- all items used in rituals described in "The Satanic Bible."

Larry tells police he has a spell notebook in his and Marla's bedroom closet. The notebook contains drawings from the book "Pagan Ways," references found in the occult fiction book "Necronomicom" and page numbers corresponding to "The Satanic Bible," including one specific spell.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23198/lawrence-douglas-harris-2/feed 0