http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:49:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26508/polygamous-sect-leaders-make-tax-payments-avoid-evictions http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26508/polygamous-sect-leaders-make-tax-payments-avoid-evictions#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:59:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26508 Leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs, have paid Arizona county treasurers about $930,000 in back taxes.

In making the partial payment they avoided possible evictions of sect members.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26508/polygamous-sect-leaders-make-tax-payments-avoid-evictions/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26393/judge-utah-could-evict-flds-residents-over-back-taxes http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26393/judge-utah-could-evict-flds-residents-over-back-taxes#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:13:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26393 The FLDS sect’s property trust, since 2005 controlled by the state of Utah, owes more than $2.2 million in back taxes.

Under a Utah judge’s new ruling, people could be evicted from their homes along the Utah-Arizona border if they don’t pay their bills.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26393/judge-utah-could-evict-flds-residents-over-back-taxes/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25921/flds-sect%e2%80%99s-property-trust-to-remain-with-state-for-now http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25921/flds-sect%e2%80%99s-property-trust-to-remain-with-state-for-now#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:41:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25921 The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided to keep a polygamous sect’s property trust under government control Wednesday, siding, for now, with a state court judge in a heated judicial standoff.

The appellate judges blocked a federal court order that would have temporarily returned control to theFundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for the first time since the state of Utah took over the trust six years ago.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25921/flds-sect%e2%80%99s-property-trust-to-remain-with-state-for-now/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25892/utah-supreme-court-to-decide-flds-land-battle http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25892/utah-supreme-court-to-decide-flds-land-battle#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:04:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25892 The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with the issue of who has the final say over state law as part of a long-running battle for control of a communal land trust tied to Warren Jeffs' polygamous church. The question comes on the heels of a February federal court ruling, which found that the state of Utah violated the religious rights of members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints when it took over the church's land trust in 2005.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25892/utah-supreme-court-to-decide-flds-land-battle/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25886/federal-judge-oks-deal-giving-flds-control-of-trust http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25886/federal-judge-oks-deal-giving-flds-control-of-trust#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:07:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25886
he Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints can manage its properties and businesses, valued at $110 million, but is prohibited from selling those properties or evicting any tenants. The FLDS also must honor existing contracts and leases.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25886/federal-judge-oks-deal-giving-flds-control-of-trust/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25823/federal-judge-says-his-ruling-stands-in-flds-land-trust-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25823/federal-judge-says-his-ruling-stands-in-flds-land-trust-case#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:39:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25823 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25823/federal-judge-says-his-ruling-stands-in-flds-land-trust-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25756/utah-takeover-of-fld-united-effort-plan-trust-ruled-unconstitutional http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25756/utah-takeover-of-fld-united-effort-plan-trust-ruled-unconstitutional#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:29:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25756 In a decision that could have major implications for a long-running court battle between the state of Utah and the polygamous FLDS sect, a federal judge ruled Thursday that a state takeover of the sect’s property trust six years ago was unconstitutional.

Utah's state courts seized control of the trust in 2005 amid allegations of mismanagement by church leaders, including Warren Jeffs, the newly reinstated head of the church who is currently in jail in Texas pending trial on charges of bigamy, aggravated sexual assault and assault.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25756/utah-takeover-of-fld-united-effort-plan-trust-ruled-unconstitutional/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25459/polygamous-bishops-argue-before-utah-supreme-court-for-say-in-land-deal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25459/polygamous-bishops-argue-before-utah-supreme-court-for-say-in-land-deal#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:26:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25459 Five members of a polygamous church, including two bishops, want a say in how a court-appointed land trust sells a piece of farmland once set aside as a temple site.

Attorneys for the Fundamentalist LDS Church argued before the Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday that a lower court judge violated the constitutional rights Lyle Jeffs and James Oler by keeping them out of a United Effort Plan Trust legal dispute. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25459/polygamous-bishops-argue-before-utah-supreme-court-for-say-in-land-deal/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25040/utah-supreme-court-flds-challenge-too-late http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25040/utah-supreme-court-flds-challenge-too-late#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:27:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25040 The Utah Supreme Court on Friday said a polygamous sect waited too long to object to a state takeover of its historic property trust, rejecting its bid to undo changes made to the United Effort Plan Trust.

The court sided with the Utah Attorney General’s Office, which argued that members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ignored numerous opportunities to participate in the changes to and management of the trust. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25040/utah-supreme-court-flds-challenge-too-late/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23948/flds-church-prophets-heirs-ask-judge-to-dump-trustee http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23948/flds-church-prophets-heirs-ask-judge-to-dump-trustee#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:32:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23948 The FLDS church and heirs of a former prophet want a Utah judge to remove a fiduciary who oversees a polygamous community's property trust, alleging the trustee's actions have left the trust in "decidedly worse" shape than when he took over its management.

They ask the judge to appoint a new fiduciary who does not have "an obvious conflict of interest" -- something she has refused to do in the past. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23948/flds-church-prophets-heirs-ask-judge-to-dump-trustee/feed 0