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Borowick v. Shay
Fukuoka District Court: "Judgment on the Unification Church" - abstract
Legal Case: "Gentle Wind Project et al. v. Judy Garvey et al."
Legal Case: "Harvest House v. Local Church"
Legal Case: "State of Maine v. Gentle Wind Project et al."

1,139 victimized by Aum Shinrikyo ask for state benefits

10 years for polygamist sect member in sex assault

8th Circuit: Limiting Wiccan inmates' observance OK

9 ex-Alamo group members to testify

A dissident ‘disappears’

A time to go with our heads as well as our hearts

Alamo defender asking to withdraw

Alamo defense asks for mercy, cites evangelist’s ‘good works’

Alamo tells girl from jail: `I'm still in charge'

Alamo, 75, gets 175 years

Alleged Canadian polygamist to invoke religious freedom

Amid a holy war

Anand Margis seeks judicial probe into killing of their monks in 1982

Angola police say release 29 children from sect

Anonymous celebrates one year of protests

Apostates fear a resurgence of FLDS tyranny

Arizona sheriff accused of misconduct

Arrest of allegedly abusive mother sparks protests

Asin’s assistant in Baba’s abode

At 75, Charles Manson still has power to influence others

Attorney questions witnesses' expertise on FLDS religion

Attorneys: CPS overruled efforts to end rights for some FLDS parents

Aum cult member's death sentence upheld over Tokyo subway gas attacks

Austrian Murder Sparks Protests in India

Authorities say speculations on church investigation ‘hitting the nail on the head’

B.C. court quashes polygamy charges against controversial leaders of Bountiful

B.C. court quashes polygamy charges against controversial leaders of Bountiful

Bahais claim Iran persecutes believers

Battle over legal costs could derail B.C. polygamy case

Behind the Yearning for Zion Gates

Being photographed, video taped is un-Islamic: TNSM chief

Benny Hinn: 'I Would Not Do This for Money'

Bishops were warned of abusive priests

Blood, money and injustice

Book Review: Lost boy's story of abuse moves from suit to book

Bountiful Blight

Bountiful: home of B.C.’s secret sect

Brazil Supreme Court: Extradite head of child abusing sect

British Make Poking Fun at Stupid Scientologists A Crime

Cai cult linked by the internet

Calif. High Court Justices Push Past Krishnas' Airport Appeal

Celebrities lead charge against Scientology

Celina: Baba Ramdev, the outlaw!

Child-Custody Deal Favors Escapee of Notorious Cult 'The Family'

China 'blocks YouTube video site'

China seeks to exorcise 'evil cult' it invited in

China spiritual group endures despite 10-year ban

Church leader Alan Bushey, 58, Necedah, found guilty of hiding corpse of Magdeline Middlesworth in central Wisconsin home while he and Tammy Lewis profited

Church of Scientology Sues Daughters of St. Paul for Publishing Book by Catholic

Church of Scientology told to drop Churchill images

City Drops "Brain Education" School Program Run By Yoga Cult

Co-accused in 'cult' abduction pleads guilty

Comment: Scientology cult targets Ghanaian children

Commentary: No ‘Big Love’ for polygamy laws

Confidentiality sought in Alamo suit

Convicted child sex abuser Tony Alamo will be sentenced next month

Convicted pastor says he's 'one of the prophets'

Crisis of Faith

Cult boss on 14 sex charges

Cult healer ‘raped pretty followers’

Cult leader and killer Charles Manson looks less menacing in new photo

Cult leader on sex crime charges

CULTS, CONSPIRACIES, AND SECRET SOCIETIES

Curtain rises on W. Texas polygamist sex trial today

Dad reaches out to sect child

Dahn Yoga: Body, Brain and Wallet

Death Opens Doors on Group

Death sentence affirmed in sarin attack

Death sparks calls for self-help regulation

Death sparks debate on Jehovah's Witness transfusion ban

Deaths at Sweat Lodge Bring Soul-Searching

Destiny's controversial covenant slammed

Differing accounts of Ray's behavior in sweat-lodge deaths

Doctors part of God's will, too

Drop polygamy charges: liberties watchdog

Drug Dealing for Jesus: Mexico's Evangelical Narcos

Dying Jehovah's Witness granted right to refuse dialysis treatment

EGYPTIANS FACE TRIAL FOR INCITEMENT AGAINST BAHA’IS

Elizabeth Smart kidnapper shares LeBaron traits, expert says

Ending polygamy one man at a time

Ex-Alamo follower gets home detention

Exclusive Brethren lose workplace exemption

Exclusive: James Ray breaks silence after AZ jail release

Ex-follower of Alamos looks back

Expert paid $500,000 for report on Elizabeth Smart kidnapper

Falun Gong fails to gain cash or apology

Father cannot introduce new evidence in Bethany Hughes case, court rules

Father loses access to his Brethren children

FBI: No updates on Shawano hit list

FLDS appeals trust rulings to Utah Supreme Court

FLDS exile to offer tour of polygamist communities

FLDS exile to offer tour of polygamist communities

FLDS fiduciary defends cow sale decision

FLDS lawyers accuse Rangers of misleading judge

FLDS leader Jeffs starving himself, jail authorities say

FLDS leader's life on the run is detailed in his dictations

FLDS man to be sentenced for sexual assault

FLDS Member, Ex-Cop Sues Over Job Loss

FLDS Member, Ex-Cop Sues Over Job Loss

FLDS ranch leader to give deposition in child custody case

FLDS trust settlement talks begin Wednesday

FLDS: Did secret deal leave former polygamous sect members out?

FLDS: Jeffs awaits Arizona trial

FLDS: Keate guilty of child sex assault

FLDS: Polygamous sect defendants have no right to challenge search, Texas A.G. says

Followers mourn death of spiritual leader

Followers offer a peek into Alamo compound

Force-feeding ends as jailed polygamous leader Jeffs resumes eating

Former FLDS member to describe polygamy, abuse

Former MLA to defend Bountiful polygamy accused in court.

Former Oregon juvenile officer faces ethics fine

Former plural wife discusses religious teachings in Texas FLDS trial

Four days after patient’s death, no FIR against Ayurvedic doctor

France declares war on Sect influence in the United Nations

Freethought San Marcos: When city promotes religion, many are left out

French aristocrats break free from sect leader

French Branch of Scientology Convicted of Fraud

Full publication of clerical child sex abuse report may take years

Going home, 1970s terror gang activist paroled after just 7 years

Government says no need for new Alamo trial

GP's £2m 'guru' claim thrown out

Group seeks right to go door-to-door

Growing hate groups blame Obama, economy

Gwinnett guru defends himself; theft charges dropped

Hearing Postponed For Woman Linked To Texas Raid

Help available to former followers, those wishing to leave ministry

Hindu sect's temple request causes a stir in Chesco

House of Prayer ‘mistreated OAP’

How Scientology got to Bob Minton

Humanitarian fraudster convicted

Hundreds of Irish Catholic priests 'to be implicated in child abuse report'

I am Annoyed and Disappointed

In wake of court ruling, Hutterites contemplate leaving Alberta

Indian police turn to terrorist rehabilitation

Indonesian 'sex cult' leader jailed: report

Interference threatens landmark custody arrangement

Intimidating and violent: defector

Iranian Raelian leader blackmailed by Iranian government

Ireland braces itself for another report on clerical child abuse

Irish Court May Censor Next Catholic Abuse Report

Irishman wants to kill for Islam

Is Scientology a Cult? Is Paul Haggis the Next Martin Luther?

Is There a Chiropractor in the House?

Jeffs' appeal hearing moved back to Salt Lake City

Jehovah's witnesses face increased risk of death during childbirth

Jerusalem riots expose tension between ultra-orthodox Jews, state

John Kolbek

Judge delays start of evangelist Alamo's trial

Judge denies defense motion in Jeffs case

Judge grants transfusion for baby

Judge hits Morris County UFO hoaxers with fines, community service

Judge Orders $500K for Each of Preacher's Victims

Judge upholds taking of Alamo church kids

Judge: Sever Alamo ties to regain children

Just a sect, Exclusive Brethren is not above the law

Keep suit, custody actions separate, state asks

Keeper of Lighthouse cult cried wolf too often

Lakota Nation files lawsuit against parties in sweat lodge incident

Last child in TX raid freed from foster care

Law enforcement recordings in Jeffs case to be kept secret

Law professor discusses controversial medical neglect case

Lawmaker not fazed by FLDS ire

Lawsuit calls yoga chain a cult

Lia Eden sentenced to prison, again

Live from the FLDS hearing in Austin

Maine woman avoids prison in killing of white supremacist husband after years of abuse

Malawi: Madonna, Mercy And Neocolonialism

Manson cult member dies in jail from cancer

Many Women Targeted by Faith Leaders, Survey Says

Many Women Targeted by Faith Leaders, Survey Says

Mayor Calls For Removal Of For-Profit Clothing Donation Bins

Media, Money and Sun Myung Moon

Medjugorje - a shrine to the Virgin Mary or a sham?

Meeting a "Monster"

Mennonite abuse survivor speaks out against church

Metroland sued for $65 million

Mexican court orders Bolivian preacher kept in jail pending investigation into plane hijacking

Michigan Raid Reveals a Mysterious Islamic Sect

Minister 'killed to silence wife'

Mormon sect protests Mexico abduction

Muslim allowed to revert

My mom drives out demons

Mystery of dead Briton and the right-wing cult

Nearly seven years prison for child abuser guru Oliver Shanti

Neo-Nazi convicted of terror plan

Nepali Hindu group owns responsibility for Indian priest’s murder

New details in white supremacist indictment

New lawyer signals new strategy in Alamo case

Nigerian Forces Raid Militant Compound

No easy solutions in polygamous church land fight

No sects please, we’re French

Non-FLDS residents fear sect may regain control of property trust

North Bay Spiritual Guru Sentenced In Beating

Nothing sacred about polygamy

Nuwaubian leader jailed, but the sect carries on

Nuwaubian leader jailed, but the sect carries on

NZ mother 'drowned' during Maori exorcism

OKC Bombing & Waco Anniversaries Sunday

Oprah and the Sweat Lodge Guru

Orthodox end silence on sex abuse

Papers detail sect's plans

Papers detail sect's plans

Paraguayan bishops blast Opus Dei colleague, deny cover-up

Pare Alamo Ties to Get Kids Back, Parents Told

Photos show birthing center at sect's Texas ranch

Police report gives first details of Arizona sweat lodge deaths

Polygamist church's late payment rejected in Utah

Polygamist predicts opponents will be 'damned'

Polygamist Sect Leader Convicted of Sexual Assault

Polygamist seeks taxpayer $$ for defense

Portland pastor faces three years in tax case

Prayer mom falls ill at trial

Probation ordered in polygamous trust worker trespassing case

Protesters offer different opinions on FLDS trial

Questions About ‘Sweat Lodge’ Rite Where 2 Died

Report: Another Death as Result of James Ray Healing Exercise

Repressed memory: Issue still argued

Roundup: Tories prepared to stand ground on polygamy: documents

Saakashvili Weighs in on Jehovah’s Witness Baby Treatment Case

Saudis Go From Jihad to Rehab

Scientology foe’s arrest raises issue of rights

Scientology: Religious sect, or money-making cult?

Second trial begins for polygamist charged with sexual assault of a child

Secret mission to expose L. Ron Hubbard as a fake

Secretive worldwide sect battles Vermonter in court

Sect evacuates former resort in Spring Glen

Sect leader gets prison time in Wis. corpse case

Sect leader indicted for child abuse

Self-Help Doesn't Help—And Often Hurts

Settlement expected in killing at Maharishi school

Sex Cult Leader on Trial for Blasphemy

Shifting Boundaries:The Establishment Clause and Government Funding of Religious Schools and Other Faith-Based Organizations

Shooter In Pittsburgh Cop Killings Held Strongly Anti-Semitic And Racist Beliefs

Simpson v. Lifespring, Inc., 572 F.Supp. 1251 (E.D. Pa., 1983)

Spinka rabbi sentenced for tax fraud

SPLC’s Intelligence Report: Tony Alamo Faces New Underage Sex Charges

Strength in their numbers

Suit against Dahn Yoga alleges ‘psychological manipulation’

Supporters of 'Antichrist' minister protest Miami-Dade judges

Suspected witch leaves court in quandary

Sweat lodge deaths cast negative spotlight on guru

Sweatbox victims were attending 'Spiritual Warrior' program

Talk of 'celestial wives,' long-term effects of assault

Teen gets prison term for attack on Scientology Web site

Texas AG: Polygamist sect man skirted bank laws

Texas lawmakers forming panel to examine FLDS raid

That Girl: The Captivity and Restoration of Patty Hearst

The Assclown Offensive: How to Enrage the Church of Scientology

The Assclown Offensive: How to Enrage the Church of Scientology

The Island Pond Raid: 25 Years Later, Part 1

The Scary Yoga Obsession

The Terrorist Mind: An Update

The Year in Hate

They don’t want to leave a trace of anything Baha’i

Tokyo stations commemorate 14th anniversary of AUM sarin attack

Transcript of interview with girl, 17, from Alamo compound

Transformation sessions claim high cost

Trial of accused cult members delayed again

TV preacher from Town of Hamptonburgh indicted in $3 million gem fraud

Tvind supported by authorities

Twelve Tribes wants to buy buildings, create square

Two members in Alamo case released from jail

U.S. FAILS TO PRESS CHILE ON BORIS WEISFEILER CASE

Uhurus campaign against city's plan to bolster BayWalk, privatize sidewalks

University expected to settle lawsuit over death

Unmasked blogger blames First Baptist, Sheriff's Office

USDA suspicious of Danish aid organisation

Vatican defrocks exorcist archbishop who married

Vatican investigates Legionaries of Christ

Victoria Park residents beg City Hall for help with Jewish sect

Violent white supremacist to be released from jail

Warren Jeffs

Was Nancy Garrido a victim or accomplice?

What does a cross mean? Scalia gets it all wrong.

White-Supremacist Activity Is on the Rise in Sand Land, and One Latino-American Family Is the Victim of a Vicious Hate Crime in North Phoenix

Will followers still obey evangelist from prison?

Wis. dad of dead girl says he trusted God to heal

Witness: Accused cult leaders had her committed to keep quiet

Witness: Alamo described sex abuse

Witnesses talk of Mitchell's religion, past during competency hearing

Wives galore

Woman incorrectly IDs pastor at sex-crimes trial

Woman 'married' to pastor at age 8 to retake stand

Woman who escaped from polygamist cult spoke of her ordeal

Year after Alamo raid, questions remain

Yearning for Truth: Oprah's Visit to the FLDS Compound

York's sect at it again

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