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/23988/nuwaubian-sect-members-try-to-spring-jailed-leader-with-fake-documents http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23988/nuwaubian-sect-members-try-to-spring-jailed-leader-with-fake-documents#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:19:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23988 Followers of convicted child molester and sect leader Dwight "Malachi" York are bombarding officials at a federal maximum security lock-up with fake documents that seek to free him from a 135-year prison term.

The documents, some stamped by Athens-Clarke notaries, claim York has been falsely imprisoned since 2004 and should be released because he is an African diplomat, officials said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23988/nuwaubian-sect-members-try-to-spring-jailed-leader-with-fake-documents/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23519/dwight-malachi-york-motion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23519/dwight-malachi-york-motion#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:01:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23519 United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors founder Malachi York alleges FBI agents threatened and coerced witnesses to testify against him and commit perjury.

The motion includes affidavits of several of York’s alleged victims in which the victims now say York never molested them, but they say they were threatened by FBI agents to make false statements.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23519/dwight-malachi-york-motion/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23205/nuwaubian-nation http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23205/nuwaubian-nation#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:42:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23205 Nuwaubian leader Dwight "Malachi" York continues to inspire followers in Athens and throughout the country, five years after a federal judge sentenced him to life in prison as a convicted child molester, tax evader and racketeer.

Although their leader is locked up thousands of miles away in Colorado, members of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors still gather in his name, and apparently just recently abandoned Athens for a meeting hall outside of Atlanta.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23205/nuwaubian-nation/feed 0