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/23998/french-aristocrats-break-free-from-sect-leader-thierry-tilly http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23998/french-aristocrats-break-free-from-sect-leader-thierry-tilly#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:52:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23998 Three generations of an aristocratic French family have "awoken" from the spell of an Oxford-based guru who is accused of spinning a lurid fantasy to rob them of their fortune.

At least eight members of the Védrines family, aged between 96 and 24, are now said to be ready to give evidence against Thierry Tilly, a self-proclaimed financial genius, master spy and agent of an age-old secret order.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23998/french-aristocrats-break-free-from-sect-leader-thierry-tilly/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23888/oxford-guru-thierry-tilly-accused-of-torturing-french-aristocrats http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23888/oxford-guru-thierry-tilly-accused-of-torturing-french-aristocrats#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:03:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23888 Thierry Tilly, an Oxford-based Frenchman, has been arrested over allegations that he kidnapped, tortured and brainwashed several generations of an aristocratic family into giving up their fortune.

Thierry Tilly, 45, allegedly posed as a secret agent to convince the rich and highly educated De Védrines family that they were the lost descendants of an ancient society called L'Equilibre du Monde (The Balance of the World), and that he had "superhuman powers" to help them reclaim their illustrious past and its "limitless treasure".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23888/oxford-guru-thierry-tilly-accused-of-torturing-french-aristocrats/feed 0