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News for: September 1, 2002
York's accusers describe years of sexual abuse;
Nuwaubian leader promised 'ritual' would ensure eternal life, teen says
The Macon Telegraph
EATONTON -- He says he'll never forget the day the sexual abuse began. It was nine years ago, on his seventh birthday. He was living in upstate New York at a camp run by Malachi York, leader of a religious sect now called the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors.
FLORIDA
Jehovah's Witnesses give 'sinner' no quarter
MYINKY.com
As far as her children and 6 million people around the world are concerned, Shirley Jackson has been as good as dead for seven years. In 1995, Jackson, a home health-care worker and a nanny who lives in St. Petersburg, Fla., was "disfellowshipped," or excommunicated, from Jehovah's Witnesses.
GEORGIA
Indictments allege more than 100 criminal acts
The Macon Telegraph
Prior to Malachi York's May 8 arrest in Milledgeville, a federal grand jury had indicted him and Kathy Johnson for taking children across state lines for the purpose of having sex with them.
KENTUCKY
Satan not welcome at prison
The Associated Press
LEXINGTON -- The Kentucky Department of Corrections has suspended formal satanic worship services at the Green River Correctional Complex while officials work to shape a statewide policy on the practice.
MICHIGAN
Mom loses kids after girl is found in closet
The Oakland Press
An Orion Township mother who claimed her 7-year-old daughter was possessed by demons and allegedly locked her in a closet overnight has lost temporary custody of her three daughters.
NORTH CAROLINA
Chancellor defends Quran decision
The Herald Sun
WASHINGTON -- UNC Chancellor James Moeser told the National Press Club on Tuesday that the university picked a book on the Quran for campus discussion groups to encourage students to form their own conclusions about the religion.
Charlotte man charged with killing teen
The Charlotte Observer
Late Thursday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police charged a west Charlotte man with killing a Seattle teenager who disappeared while soliciting door-to-door for her church.
Related article:
Man accused in slaying was on probation; Unification Church officials will meet to re-evaluate fund-raising methods, The Charlotte Observer
PENNSYLVANIA
Mormons develop site
The Associated Press
SUSQUEHANNA -- Always conscious of its past, the Mormon Church has opened temples at two important historic sites in recent years and has made another purchase inspired by faith: about 25 rural acres contaminated by diesel fuel and chemicals.
OHIO
Muslim Woman Convicted of Menacing
The Associated Press
ST. CLAIRSVILLE -- A Muslim woman has been convicted of threatening sheriff's deputies during a clash on an eastern Ohio highway just hours after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
UTAH
Mormon Doctrine Invoked to Jury, Scholar Says
The Salt Lake Tribune
Nearly two decades ago -- just after a jury had sent him to death row for murdering his ex-lover's boyfriend -- Elroy Tillman called his conviction "a racial Mormon conspiracy."
Related article:
Tillman wins a small victory; Judge says convict deserves hearing regarding evidence, Deseret News
Mormon feminist chronicles a work of hope
The Salt Lake Tribune
It was 1987 when Mormon feminist Carol Lynn Pearson first offered a glimpse into her life. Then, it was a book about her gay husband, who left her and then came home to be cared for as he died of AIDS. Today, it is the story of her 21-year old daughter's death from a brain tumor.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Greed and lust make Yoga gurus tie themselves in knots
The Indian Express
How much scandal can America take before its poor battered heart just breaks in two? There are the money scandals in Big Business. The sex scandals in Big Religion. Now we learn about money and sex scandals in, of all places... oh, say it ain’t so, Joe... Big Yoga!
U.S. Muslims Expect More Hard Times
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- With the war on terror in its infancy, American Muslims attending their largest convention of the year predicted a long struggle ahead to protect their legal rights and dispel the suspicion that has hovered around them since Sept. 11.
Atheist Seeks End to Hill Chaplaincies
Plaintiff Who Oppposed 'Under God' in Pledge of Allegiance Files New Suit
Washington Post
The California atheist who sued to remove "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance now wants to kick the House and Senate chaplains out of Congress.
CANADA
Woman sues church over sex-abuse stance;
Claims conspiracy by Jehovah's Witnesses
The Ottawa Sun
TORONTO -- A New Brunswick woman claims two Jehovah's Witness elders and the Canadian church hid the sexual abuse she says she suffered at the hands of her father.
ENGLAND
'Buddhist' art in cathedral upsets evangelicals
The Telegraph
Canterbury Cathedral has been accused of promoting "New Age" beliefs in a new art work which features video pictures of a naked baby to a soundtrack of Buddhist chanting.
INDIA
Dalai Lama Criticizes U.S. War
The Associated Press
DHARAMSALA -- The Dalai Lama criticized the U.S.-led war on terrorism on Thursday and said the use of retaliatory force would only lead to more suffering.
NEW ZEALAND
Jedi Order lures 53,000 disciples
The New Zealand Herald
More than 120,000 New Zealanders and Australians claim the Force is with them. The return of the Jedi who ruled a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away began with a tongue-in-cheek email campaign before the NZ Census in March last year.
NIGERIA
Night of Terror
P.M. News
Sunday, 25 August, 2002, hell was let loose on Lagos Island as two factions of a Yoruba Egungun cult, clashed. Over 50 vehicles were vandalised and scores of people wounded. ANTHONY OKORO reports Saturday, 24 August, 2002 will ever remain a bad day for residents of Sura, Igbale Nla and Lafiaji areas of Lagos Island Local Government.
SOUTH KOREA
Airline Refuses Ticket to Dalai Lama
The Associated Press
SEOUL -- South Korea's Asiana Airlines has refused to carry the Dalai Lama on a flight to Seoul, and a Buddhist group accused it of bowing to Chinese pressure.
WALES
'Vampire' killer to appeal
Irish Examiner
A teenager obsessed with vampires who killed an elderly neighbour and drank her blood is to appeal against his murder conviction.
Geller's Trial By Creepy-Crawlie
SKY News
Viewers of ITV1's celebrity survivor show will today find out whether vegetarian psychic Uri Geller rose to the challenge of eating a feast of creepy-crawlies.
