All Entries Tagged With: "leader"
‘The time is finished’: sect says its ’666′ leader will be ‘transformed’
Followers of José Luis De Jesus Miranda — a man who has claimed to be both Jesus Christ and the Antichrist — claim they and their leader will be ‘transformed’ on June 30th.
And, according to one of the cult members, “All those that are not believers are going to be destroyed.”
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Amish beard cutting cult leader makes another bid for release from prison
Amish sect leader Sam Mullet, locked up for five months on federal hate crimes charges, keeps trying to get out of jail and made another attempt this week with a new argument.
The judge has twice ruled that Mr. Mullet will remain behind bars until he goes on trial, siding with the Justice Department [...]
Cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. found guilty of murdering wife
Ten years after his wife was murdered, Philippine cult leader Ruben Ecleo was found guilty of parricide and sentenced to reclusion perpetua, or at least 30 years’ imprisonment.
The former congressman who earlier this year was also sentenced to 31 years in jail for graft is missing.
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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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Cult leader Terrill ‘Holy Ghost’ Dalton convicted of rape
Terrill Dalton, leader of the Church of the First Born and the General Assembly of Heaven, has been found guilty of raping his daughter and allowing his friend Geody Harman to rape her as well.
Dalton called himself the “Holy Ghost” while Harman was often referred to as “God in the [...]
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 [...]
Former Aum fugitive says cult leader should hang; cult victim says he should not
Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police late Saturday believes guru Shoko Asahara should hang for his crimes.
But one of the cult’s victims has called on the Japanese government to abandon the looming execution of the group’s leaders.
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Cult leader Warren Jeffs prophecies famine by mob rule
It appears that imprisoned cult leader Warren Jeffs is using his life sentence to sharpen his creative writing skills.
For the fourth time this year he has issued a set of revelations which he represents as coming directly from Jesus Christ.
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Nebraska Attorney General Seeks Execution Date for Cult Leader
The Nebraska attorney general’s office has asked the state Supreme Court Thursday to schedule an execution date for former cult leader Michael Ryan, who was condemned for the torture and slaying of a man in 1985 at Ryan’s compound near Rulo.
Ryan’s execution would be the first in Nebraska since 1997 and its first [...]
Cult leader Rocco Leo will seek settlement with ex-follower
Cult leader Rocco Leo will seek an out-of-court settlement with a former parishioner he allegedly duped, a court in Australia has heard.
Followers claim Leo preached a doomsday scenario, saying he needed money to purchase
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