The Arkansas Supreme Court says a judge was right to terminate the parental rights of seven people who saw their 16 children seized from the compound of evangelist Tony Alamo in 2008.

The judge concluded that, among other things, the children faced danger of beatings and forced fasts ordered by the evangelist who was convicted in 2009 of transporting underage girls across state lines for sex and sentenced to 175 years in prison.

 

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The Wisconsin parents convicted of second degree reckless homicide in the death of their daughter, Madeline Kara Neumann have lost their appeal for new trials.

Marathon County Judge Vincent Howard ruled this afternoon to deny the post-conviction motions of Dale and Leilani Neumann.

 

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T he man who has been the public voice of the polygamous FLDS sect said Thursday he can no longer stand up for jailed leader Warren S. Jeffs.

"I came to the point where Mr. Jeffs' conduct was indefensible and have chosen not to defend it publicly or privately," said Willie R. Jessop.

 

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World famous evangelist David Wilkerson, who founded Times Square Church in New York City and authored the best-selling book, "The Cross and the Switchblade," has died. He was 79.

Wilkerson died Wednesday afternoon in a car accident in East Texas, Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange told reporters.

 

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The Church of Scientology has been blitzing Melbourne with its so-called 'Oxford Capacity Analysis' -- a 'personality test' used by the cult as a recruitment tool.

Professionals note that the test has no standing in the professional community of psychology practitioners and researchers.

 

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The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided to keep a polygamous sect's property trust under government control Wednesday, siding, for now, with a state court judge in a heated judicial standoff.

The appellate judges blocked a federal court order that would have temporarily returned control to theFundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for the first time since the state of Utah took over the trust six years ago.

 

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Cult leader Warren S. Jeffs has been moved to a West Texas jail that is closer to his group's Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado. The move allows him somewhat fewer opportunities to communicate with the outside world.

 

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