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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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