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Police: Boy, 13, Tortured And Abused In Front Of Bible Study Group
A California pastor’s assault on a 13-year-old boy took place during a Bible study session as a circle of men watched, newly released court records say.
The pastor has other legal problems as well.
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Russian Mission Group Warns Of Crackdown On Evangelicals
As protesters demanding more freedom and fair elections prepared to demonstrate in freezing temperatures in Moscow last Saturday, a major Russian mission group warned of more difficulties for evangelical Christians and other religious minorities in Russia and other former Soviet Union nations.
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Lawyer who represented Aryan Nations group sentenced to 50 years in wife’s murder plot
An Idaho attorney who once represented the white supremacist Aryan Nations group was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in federal prison in the failed plot to kill his wife and mother-in-law.
Edgar J. Steele wanted the women dead so he could collect on an uninsured motorist insurance policy and be free to pursue [...]
Vatican Weighs In On Cult-Like Group In Legion of Christ
The Vatican has proposed giving hundreds of women who live like nuns within the troubled Legion of Christ order greater autonomy after a Holy See investigation found serious problems in their regimented communities.
In 2010, former consecrated women spoke of the cult-like conditions they lived in.
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US court allows Westboro Baptist hate group to continue anti-gay funeral protests
Members of one of the world’s most despicable hate group today won the legal right to continue their vile behavior under the cover of ‘free speech.’
The miscreants of the Westboro Baptist Church — a hate group masquerading as a Christian church — can continue to picket military funerals after the supreme court ruled [...]