Sep
05
ISTANBUL, September 3 (Compass Direct News) An Israeli man accused of planting a homemade bomb that almost killed the son of a Messianic Jewish pastor in Ariel, Israel has been declared competent to stand trial.
Sep
01
Two members of a church that preaches faith-healing pleaded not guilty Monday to manslaughter charges for failing to provide medical care to their infant son, who died shortly after his premature birth.
Aug
28
The Utah Supreme Court on Friday said a polygamous sect waited too long to object to a state takeover of its historic property trust, rejecting its bid to undo changes made to the United Effort Plan Trust.
Aug
27
Pastors in southeast Nigeria claim illness and poverty are caused by witches who bring terrible misfortune to those around them. And those denounced as witches must be cleansed through deliverance or cast out.
Aug
25
A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated televangelist Frederick Price’s defamation lawsuit claiming ABC’s “20/20″ news program used a fictionalized sermon portraying himself as a wealthy braggart out of context.
Aug
24
A Time magazine poll released Thursday found that 43 percent of Americans hold unfavorable views of Muslims, far outpacing the numbers for Mormons (29 percent), Catholics (17 percent), Jews (13 percent) and Protestants (13 percent). Twenty-five percent of those polled said most Muslims in the United States are not patriotic Americans.
Aug
23
Australian of the Year Prof Patrick McGorry is among a number of top psychiatrists who have been targeted by the Church of Scientology after they spoke out against the religion.
Aug
22
Bond was set Friday at $250,007 for sect leader Geody Harman, who was arrested Wednesday on a Utah warrant on rape charges.
Aug
21
The Agape Ministries empire has struck back against its detractors, accusing one of conning the controversial group out of $730,000.
Aug
20
A religious sect leader who claims to be the Holy Ghost and the father of Jesus Christ was arrested after peacefully surrendering to law enforcement officials, a day after a fellow church leader was arrested at their compound.