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The European Court for Human Rights has fined Russia for refusing to register Scientology churches in the cities of Surgut and Nizhnekamsk as religious groups.
The Strasbourg court's statement says the country has broken Articles 9 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and must pay €10,000 for punitive damages and another €10,000 in legal costs, RIA-Novosti news agency reports. [video]
Detectives are investigating the death of an infant born over the weekend in Oregon. The child's parents are members of the Followers of Christ Church in Oregon City.
Over the years, that church has left a trail of dead children as many of its members have chosen faith healing over proper medical attention.
Divisions deepened at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, the Fort Lauderdale mega-church, as two elders resigned Tuesday night following the first service of a breakaway congregation on Sunday.
The two have accused Pastor Tullian Tchividjian and his officers of retaliating against members who tried to have him fired, criticisms that Coral Ridge officials have denied.
"I'm not trying to fuel any fire. I just couldn't agree with the course of the leadership,'' said Dan Westphal, who resigned from the church's board of elders along with Roy Christie. ``We had a golden opportunity to reconcile rather than be punitive.''
The developments follow the exit last week of organist Samuel Metzger and John Wilson, director of the traditional worship service. Both men helped lead music at the Sunday service of 400 dissidents at Butterfly World in Coconut Creek.
The split seems to be permanent. Organizers of the new congregation, tentatively called The Church, are applying for 501(c)3 tax-exempt status and searching for a permanent home. They plan a second service on Sunday, again at Butterfly World.
Outraged by nations that want to execute blasphemers and propelled by a deep belief in the freedom of expression, Lindsay is forging ahead with his "nothing is sacred" movement.
Wednesday marks the first organized observance of Blasphemy Day, a series of events, exhibits and lectures unfolding in a host of mostly North American cities that are part of a larger Campaign for Free Expression.
A polygamist sect member set to go on trial for bigamy and sexual abuse of a child next month deliberately skirted anti-money laundering laws and used a wife he once abandoned to help front a company in Arizona, prosecutors allege in a court filing.
The Texas Attorney General's Office isn't seeking additional charges against Raymond Jessop, 38, but wants to use the allegations to bolster Jessop's punishment if he is convicted.
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