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Jailed cult leader Warren Jeffs issues new ‘revelation’; gets phone privileges restored
Trying to keep up the appearance that he is a ‘prophet from God,’ Warren Jeffs has issued another ‘revelation’ regarding impending dissasters.
The cult leader also has had his prison phone privileges restored.
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Former FLDS spokesman sues jailed cult leader Warren Jeffs
The former spokesman for the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs says in a new lawsuit that sect leaders arranged a nighttime burglary that gutted his business after he was excommunicated for refusing to falsify sect records on Jeffs’ marriages to underage girls.
Willie Jessop, a onetime Jeffs bodyguard and sect spokesman, is seeking [...]
Jailed FLDS member appeals conviction
A jailed member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is asking an appeals court to overturn his conviction.
Michael Emack is challenging the search warrant that led Texas authorities to place more than 400 children from the cult’s compound into protective custody — and to subsequently seize evidence later [...]
Iran Christians Jailed, Bibles “Burned”
Five Iranian house church Christians were behind bars Wednesday, March 15, after being sentenced to one year imprisonment on charges of “crimes against the Islamic order” and there were reports that Iranian authorities have been burning Bibles.
The attacks come amid wider reported pressure on groups deemed dangerous by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government.
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Wife of ‘miracles babies’ pastor jailed for another 3 years for stealing a baby
The wife of controversial UK-based televangelist Gilbert Deya has been jailed for three years for stealing a baby at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
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