ATTLEBORO SECT TRIAL - "THE BODY" MASSACHUSETTS Children of sect helped crack case The Associated Press "BOSTON-- When police knocked on the door of a Seekonk house on Nov. 8, 1999, they were looking for a 1-year-old boy they feared had been starved to death by members of a religious sect." Jurors react to verdict The Sun Chronicle "ATTLEBORO -- Jurors who found Jacques Robidoux guilty of first-degree murder Friday are speaking out, saying that the reputed Attleboro sect leader's guilt was never in question, and that it was just a question of degree." Jurors sure of Robidoux's guilt The Boston Herald "A day after sending an Attleboro cult leader away for life in prison for starving his son to death, jurors in the case say they never had any doubt that Jacques Robidoux should pay for his horrific crime."

UTAH
Judge Rules for Utah Vs. Polygamist
The Associated Press
"SALT LAKE CITY -- Avowed polygamist Tom Green can be tried for child rape for having sex with his 13-year-old wife in 1986, a judge ruled Monday."
Also:
Judge Hits Green With a Ruling: He Can Be Tried for Child Rape
The Salt Lake Tribune

Hofmann may have forged Cassidy letters
Deseret News
"If you were an outlaw on the lam in the Old West, would you carry around pen and ink? And if you then were to write a letter to your brother, would you apologize for using a pencil?"

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Supreme Court Throws Out Law Requiring Permits for Doorstep Sales, Proselytizing
The Associated Press
"The Constitution protects the right of missionaries, politicians and others to knock on doors without first getting permission from local authorities, the Supreme Court ruled today."
Court decision:
WATCHTOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC., etal. v. VILLAGE OF STRATTON etal.

WYOMING
House OKs Land Sale To Church
The Associated Press
"WASHINGTON -- By a voice vote, the U.S. House on Monday approved a bill ordering the sale of Martin's Cove in the Wyoming highlands to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormon pioneers pulling handcarts en route to Utah died in an 1856 snowstorm near Martin's Cove, and the church considers the land, owned by the Interior Department, to be sacred."

AUSTRALIA
Church bans cult 'miracle worker'
news.com.au
"He says the Virgin Mary speaks to him on the 13th of each month at 3pm, that he is destined to be the last Pope and can "cure" the deaf and blind."

HONG KONG
Hong Kong Falun Gong Trial Starts
The Associated Press
"HONG KONG -- Sixteen Falun Gong practitioners went on trial Monday in a case that has raised concern Hong Kong is slowly squeezing the freedoms it promised to uphold when it reverted to Chinese rule five years ago."

MEXICO
Mexico May Expel Islamic Missionaries
The Associated Press
"MEXICO CITY- Some foreign missionaries working for an Islamic group in the southern state of Chiapas have been asked to leave Mexico because they lack proper residency documents, a Mexican immigration official said Sunday."

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