Wolrd Religion

The Brisbane Christian Fellowship is a cult both theologically and sociologically.

Theologically it is a cult of Christianity as its teachings violate those of the Bible. The church's unreasonable demands and destructive, controlling behavior also mark sociologically as a cult.

Some of the cult's survivors are now exposing the church to daylight.

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In the harshest sentence yet for members of a Texas polygamist group, a Tom Green County jury has sentenced Merril Leroy Jessop, 35, to 75 years in prison and imposed a $10,000 fine on one count of sexual assault of a child.

Jessop was convicted Wednesday on allegations that he illegally married and fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl while living at the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Schleicher County in 2006.

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A couple accused of fatally beating their adopted 7 year old daughter entered pleas of not guilty to murder charges.

Prosecutors say the Schatz repeatedly hit their children with plastic tubing as a form of punishment.

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