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News for: September 13, 2002
FLDS Leadership Battle Is Predicted
The Salt Lake Tribune
Members of the nation's largest polygamist church say God will choose the successor to leader Rulon T. Jeffs, who died Sunday in St. George. But a former church member said Jeffs' successor will emerge through less divine means: a power struggle between two rival leaders.
ARIZONA
Thousands Flock to Funeral of FLDS Leader
The Salt Lake Tribune
COLORADO CITY -- With most members of the polygamous church the late Rulon T. Jeffs used to lead attending his funeral services on Thursday, this Arizona hamlet just over the Utah state line became a virtual ghost town.
Other news agencies:
, The Deseret News
CALIFORNIA
Prayer can't invoke Christ;
Court ruling bans Burbank tradition
The Associated Press
A state appeals court Monday upheld a lower court ruling that the Burbank City Council may not begin meetings with sectarian prayers such as one that invoked the name Jesus Christ and triggered a lawsuit.
MASSACHUSETTS
Supremacist to deliver racist talk in Wakefield
The Boston Herald
The head of a white supremacy syndicate that champions the hatred of Jews and minorities will plant his bully pulpit in Wakefield Saturday, town officials beholden to the Constitution lamented yesterday.
TEXAS
Texas student allowed to wear Wiccan necklace
The Associated Press
DALLAS -- A North Texas high school student whose family practices a pagan religion won the right Wednesday to wear her pentacle necklace in full view after appealing to the district superintendent.
UTAH
State to terminate Kingston's prison sentence
The Deseret News
Convicted polygamist David O. Kingston could be out of prison in less than one year. The State Board of Pardons and Parole announced Thursday morning it was terminating Kingston's prison sentence on June 10, 2003.
Other news agencies:
Kingston to Be Free After Serving 4 Years of 10-Year Term, The Salt Lake Tribune
FEATURE
It's called Triskaidekaphobia
The London News
Thirteen things about Friday, the number 13, and Friday the 13th.
ANGOLA
Nephew Beats Uncle to Death Over Witchcraft
Angola Press Agency
HUAMBO -- A 42-year-old Angolan man named Tonito Muenyo in central Huambo province was beaten up to death at weekend by a nephew who believed the uncle was a witch.
CANADA
Accuser attended his party:
After charge laid
The Toronto Sun
A Toronto woman, who accused a psychic of sexually abusing her as a young girl for six years under the ruse of exorcizing deadly demons, attended his birthday party 18 months after renouncing him, court heard yesterday.
Parents split over treatment of Jehovah's Witness girl hug at her burial
The Canadian Press
CALGARY -- The parents who fought bitterly over the treatment of their cancer-stricken Jehovah's Witness daughter shared their sorrow Thursday at her burial. Arliss and Lawrence Hughes stood looking at each other for a second at the gravesite of 17-year-old Bethany, seemingly unsure what to do.
Related news:
'Freedom fighter' buried
Hundreds pay tribute to Jehovah teen who fought against blood transfusions, The Calgary Sun
Woman blames affairs on church
The Toronto Sun
A woman suing the Jehovah's Witnesses for $700,000 testified yesterday she blames the church and sex abuse from her father for her extra-marital affairs.
Elder denies suggesting girl confront father
Jehovah's Witness says he advised her to ask dad to consult others
The Canadian Press
TORONTO -- The first church elder to hear Vicky Boer's allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of her father told court Wednesday he never insisted that the former Jehovah's Witness confront her abuser.
Jehovah's Witnesses in coverup: Ex-elder
The Toronto Sun
A former elder of a Jehovah's Witness congregation told court yesterday the church and defendants in a $700,000 lawsuit were trying to protect a sex abuser and keep the case hushed up.
'Clean image' took priority
Colleagues concealed sex abuse to protect faith - Witnesses elder
The Canadian Press
TORONTO -- Two church elders from an Ontario group of Jehovah's Witnesses were more worried about the "clean image" of their faith than they were the well-being of a young sexual abuse victim, one of their former colleagues said Thursday.
ENGLAND
New translation of Mass labelled banal and inadequate
The London Times
English-speaking bishops have been strongly criticised by the Vatican for the use of “inappropriate” language in a new translation of the Latin Mass.
ITALY
Mel Gibson launches scathing attack on the Vatican
The London Times
Mel Gibson, a Roman Catholic who is to play Christ in a new film, has attacked the Vatican, saying that he does not believe in the Church as an institution.
JAPAN
Amid heightened terrorism concerns, Japan wrestles with doomsday cult remnants
The Associated Press
A policeman in body armor stands watch just a short walk past a shopping arcade. Farther down the narrow road, the watch intensifies - more uniformed police, joined by city officials and neighbors.
Aum founder's wife to leave prison on Oct 15
Japan Today
TOKYO -- The wife of Shoko Asahara, founder of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, will be released from a prison in Wakayama Prefecture on Oct 15, informed sources said Wednesday.
KENYA
Scores of Mungiki sect followers charged with touting
The Nation
Seventy-two members of the banned Mungiki sect who engaged police in running battles as they were being cleared out of bus stages and routes yesterday appeared in a Kerugoya court charged with touting.
NIGERIA
Kano Emir Wades Into Religious Sects' Differences
Daily Trust
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has waded into the differences between some religious sects in the state. The two indifferent sects who have been accusing each other on minor issues in the state are Kadiriyyah and Jama'at Ahlubusunnah.
Expelled Students' Union Leader Seeks Justice
This Day
Former students' union leader of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State has called on the Minister of Education Prof. Babatunde Borishade to look into the case of her suspension together with eight other students as aired on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) network news, over their alleged involvement in cultism.
SIERRA LEONE
Man to die for ritual murder
News24.com
FREETOWN -- A Sierra Leonean court sentenced a 70-year-old man to death on Wednesday for the ritual murder of a seven-year-old boy whose heart and other organs were removed.
SOUTH AFRICA
Wife, granddaughter killed
News24.com
EMPANGENI -- A councillor's wife and granddaughter were shot dead by a gunman at Dondolo reserve near Empangeni on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast on Wednesday night, police said. Captain Musa Khaba said on Thursday police believed the killing may have been linked to allegations that the wife was practising witchcraft.
ZIMBABWE
School Expels Dreadlocked Pupil
The Herald
A Chitungwiza boy was early this year expelled from Zengeza 4 Primary School because of his dreadlocks. Justice George Smith has, however, ordered the school's headmaster to permit the 11-year-old Grade Five pupil to continue with his studies at the school.
