The Ramle Magistrate's Court on Thursday extended by seven days the remand of a man suspected of physically abusing the children of parents who sought out his assistance, and teaching these parents to use the same violence as part of a system of "extreme discipline."

The affair first came to light following the arrest two weeks ago of a teacher from Netanya accused of beating and starving her 10-year-old son.

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Labeled by prosecutors as a "monster" who deserves "the ultimate penalty," convicted murderer Blaine Keith Milam was sentenced late Thursday night to die by lethal injection for his role in the beating death of his girlfriend's daughter.

Milam, 20, was convicted of capital murder May 17 for killing 13-month-old Amora Carson, the daughter of his girlfriend, Jessica Carson.

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Prosecutors believe modern witchcraft drove a man to kill his girlfriend, dismember her body and scatter her remains around Snohomish County.

Eric Christensen told detectives Sherry Harlan took a "blood oath" to break off a relationship with another man.

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Dale Mcalpine was charged with a public order offence after speaking to a community support officer (PCSO) in Workington, Cumbria, in April.

The charge was later dropped by Cumbria Police, which said it respected freedom of expression.

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A self-styled guru accused of being a serial rapist sexually assaulted a woman who had come to him for help, a court heard today.

His friend Sophie Reddyhoff said she introduced the woman to Lyons because she wanted him to "help her".

Ms Reddyhoff said her friend did not tell her about any untoward incident which may have happened during her meeting with Michael Lyons.

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Trinity Foundation, an evangelical watchdog led by Ole Anthony has been investigating evangelist Jesse Duplantis.

Investigator Pete Evans says 'Donors expect the money they donate to the church to go to the poor and needy. Not to build mansions for the pastor." Duplantis is building a mansion, owned by the ministry, that has 35-thousand square feet of covered space.

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The cult was followed by the Netanya teacher arrested two weeks ago for abusing her children and starving them.

Police are aware of dozens of children who were the victims of the system of discipline taught by Abramov.

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Fijian immigration officials and the Vanuatu Christian Council are hunting fugitive doomsday cult leader Rocco Leo, after receiving information this week that the Agape Ministries pastor could have secretly entered their countries.

Police have not released details of their investigations on Mr Leo's whereabouts, but Fiji's Immigration Department is investigating a report from Australian police suggesting he may have fled there.

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Australian doomsday cult leader Rocco Leo has visited Vanuatu several times to get villagers to donate their land as a safeguard against the apocalypse he says is coming.

Australian police are pursuing Leo, the leader of Agape Ministries, a heavily-armed cult based in South Australia, that says followers must move to Vanuatu before the end of the world, which he predicts will happen in 2012.

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Dan and Mary Quaintance in 1991 founded the Church of Cognizance, organized around the principle that marijuana is a deity and a sacrament.

A federal district court in New Mexico found that the couple's beliefs were not religious and added that they failed to show that those beliefs were sincerely held.

On appeal, a unanimous three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on May 19 affirmed the denial of the couple's RFRA defense in United States v. Quaintance.

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According to authorities, she was beaten for several hours with a quarter-inch plumbing supply line as her parents took turns holding her down and using the instrument. The blows reportedly cause Rhabdomyolysis, which is a breakdown of muscle tissue which fatally damaged her vital organs.

According to local authorities, Lydia's "biblical chastisement" leading to her death may have been for mispronouncing a word during a home-school reading lesson.

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Reports that Greater Toronto Area pastor Jae-Kap (Joe) Song ran a sex cult and received his religious training from a California mail order firm are ridiculous fabrications, Song's lawyer says.

Nine members of the congregation -- including two women -- have been charged with sex-related offences since March.

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Parts of South Australia's anti-bikie laws could be used against cults like the Agape Ministries group, South Australian police commissioner Mal Hyde says.

He said it might be possible for aspects of the anti-gang laws, which relate to criminal organisations, to apply.

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Chronic use of methamphetamine by Blaine Keith Milam may have played a factor in his actions leading to the death of 13-month-old Amora Bain Carson, a psychology professor testified Monday.

During the sentencing phase of Milam's capital murder trial, Paula Lundberg-Love, an expert in psychopharmacology and professor at the University of Texas at Tyler, explained the effects drug use has on the brain and behavior, including "believing there were demons and that demons were changing the facial structure of the child," she said.

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