Religion and Cult News, Saturday
Saturday December 31, 2016 RNB's Religion News Blog
Religion and cult news articles of note: Colonia Dignidad, Warren Jeffs, heresy.
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Tag: Colonia Dignidad
Convert Isolation * Cult Slugs * Burqa Ban
Wednesday July 10, 2013 Religion News Briefs
Chile seeks to extradite a leader of the notorious Colonia Dignidad cult from Germany.
Ramadan can be a lonely time for Muslim converts.
Plane crash leads to questions about Christian summer school.
Also: dangerous giant snails, and their connection to a religious cult.
Goblin causes deadly explosion
Wednesday January 30, 2013 Religion News Briefs
A witchdoctor and four others were killed in an explosion allegedly caused when the sorcerer tried to behead a goblin for a customer.
Also: a feud between Biblical archeologists leads to a lawsuit. Plus: Mexican officials have broken up a bizarre cult called the “Defensores de Cristo” (“Defenders of Christ”).
The murderer of an Imam deemed to be a heretic has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
Plus more religion news briefs, including items about Scientology, Colonia Dignidad and the Roman Catholic Church.
Colonia Dignidad cult victims seek escape from nightmare past
Wednesday May 9, 2012 Colonia Dignidad, RNB's Religion News Blog
A little over two years ago former Nazi Paul Schaefer, who founded a secretive German cult in Southern Chile in the 1960s and was later convicted of sexually abusing children, died of heart failure in a prison hospital.
But today, ten years after Chilean police raided Colonia Dignidad’s properties, many of his victims are still seeking closure from the human rights abuses they experienced.
Colonia Dignidad cult suspects arrested in Chile
Wednesday May 25, 2011 Colonia Dignidad, RNB's Religion News Blog
Police in Chile have arrested two suspected members of the secretive sect, Colonia Dignidad.
Rebeca Schaefer and Peter Schmidt are accused of kidnapping, manslaughter and membership of an illicit organisation.
Jailed Chilean cult leader Paul Schaefer dies at 88
Saturday April 24, 2010 Colonia Dignidad
Former Nazi Paul Schaefer, who founded a secretive German cult in Southern Chile in the 1960s and was later convicted of sexually abusing children, died of heart failure in a prison hospital Saturday, officials said.
He was 88.
Colonia Dignidad founder sentenced for child torture
Saturday July 12, 2008 Colonia Dignidad
The founder of a religious cult whose followers thought he was “God on earth” has been sentenced for torturing children.
He preached an unnamed religion that said harsh discipline would draw them closer to the supreme being.