Showing posts with label Cults. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cults. Show all posts
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Leaders of Purported Church Indicted for Violating Forced Labor Ban

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The Department of Justice announced yesterday that a federal grand jury in Michigan has handed down a 10-count, 21-page, indictment ( full ...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Civil Conspiracy Claims Against Religious Organization Survive 1st Amendment Defenses

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In re Gothard , (TX App., Feb. 22, 2024), is a mandamus action that is essentially an appeal of a trial court's refusal to dismiss civil...
Monday, February 15, 2016

Parents Can Move Ahead With Claims Their Daughters Were Lured Into Religious Cult At School

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In Doe v. Mastoloni ,  (D CT, Feb. 12, 2016), a Connecticut federal district court ruled that parents whose three high-school age daughters ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Israeli Cult Leader Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

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The Jerusalem Post reports that yesterday an Israeli 3-judge court sentenced 64-year old cult leader Goel Ratzon to 30 years in prison. Bef...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Suit Claims High School Teachers Indoctrinated Girls Into Religious Cult

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A lawsuit filed last Monday in Connecticut federal district court claims that three Spanish teachers and a guidance counselor at Connecticut...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Suit Seeks Damages From California Cult

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Courthouse News Service today reports on a lawsuit filed in state court in Riverside, California by Linda Grindstaff against " Emissari...