An Oregon City couple convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of their teenage son will be released from prison on Wednesday.

Jeff and Marci Beagley were found guilty last year of failing to seek medical help for their 16-year-old son, Neil, who died in June 2008. The young man died of kidney failure after developing a urinary tract infection.

 

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A cult leader convicted in February of raping a teenage girl while he was a North Georgia cult leader is attempting to withdraw his guilty plea.

Albert Tony Walker, 63, was sentenced Feb. 23 to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation. He was accused of raping a young member of the cult 16 times between 1991 and 1996.

 

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A new constitution that Nepal's parliament is scheduled to put into effect before May 28 may not include the right to propagate one's faith.

The draft constitution, aimed at completing the country's transition from a Hindu monarchy to a secular democracy, contains provisions in its "religious freedom" section that prohibit anyone from converting others from one religion to another.

 

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Religion News Roundup for Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Today's stories include: Moscow prosecutor refuses to ban anti-Semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion; Geert Wilders 'hate speech' trial to go ahead in Amsterdam; and Jury selection begins in baby exorcism capital murder trial.

Plus: How to become an exorcist; a look at 'Dravidian Christianity'; Why There Are Still Atheists, and more. Also, Today in History: President Ronald Reagan shot; William Seward reaches deal to buy Alaska from Russia; Actor James Cagney dies; Musician Eric Clapton born.

 

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The man polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs once pointed to as the group's true prophet filed paperwork Monday to take legal control of the sect's corporate entity.

William E. Jessop says his rise to the presidency is not an attempt to take over the church, but rather the fulfillment of an earlier directive from Jeffs.

 

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The Kabbalah Centre of Los Angeles and all of its entities are being sued by Courtenay Geddes, a wealthy heiress from Pasadena, California.

In addition the controversial group is being investigated by the IRS.

 

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To about 10,000 followers in the twin border communities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, Warren Jeffs -- though in jail awaiting trial on sexual assault and bigamy charges -- remains their spiritual leader; a feared prophet who channels divine revelations.

But there are rumors that several men recently ousted from the polygamous FLDS sect are either planning a coup against jailed leader Warren Jeffs, or intend to set up a rival group.

 

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