Siberian cult leader who claimed he was alien god from the star Sirius jailed for ritual rape of dozens of disciples. Russian Konstantin Rudnev's cult Ashram Shambala had 30,000 followersLeader forced disciples to take part in orgies, occultism and drugs traffickingThe 45-year-old said he was 'sent to Earth to enlighten mankind' By Will Stewart Published: 12:21 GMT, 7 February 2013 | Updated: 14:18 GMT, 7 February 2013 A Russian cult leader has been jailed for 11 years for raping and sexually assaulting his followers.
Konstantin Rudnev, 45, forced his disciples to take part in orgies, occultism, and drug-trafficking, a court in Novosibirsk, Siberia heard. Former Red Army conscript Rudnev, a self-proclaimed alien god from the star Sirius, demanded blind submission from his followers mainly aged between 14 and 30. Cult leader: Konstantin Rudnev has been jailed for 11 years after Russian authorities spent over a decade trying to bring him to justice ‘After joining up, females were forced to take part in ‘ritual rapes’ and orgies with Rudnov and other cult leaders, the court was told.’ Probe into strict Christian sect school that 'shut up' girl pupil for 37 days... for making Facebook page. School investigated over allegations of child cruelty and failure to teach the National Curriculum Alleged abuse includes the confinement of six pupils who set up a Facebook pageUnder the rules, liasons between pupils and rugby are also banned By Mark Nicol Published: 01:21 GMT, 20 January 2013 | Updated: 13:40 GMT, 14 February 2014 A fundamentalist Christian church at the centre of a multi-million-pound dispute over charitable status is being investigated about claims of child cruelty.
The Exclusive Brethren, which has 16,000 UK followers, has gained the support of more than 50 MPs in its bid to retain its charitable status – and the entitlement to tax relief on donations. Regime: Pupils at the strict Wilton Park School, where liaisons are forbidden Yesterday a local education authority confirmed it was investigating allegations of child cruelty and failures to teach the National Curriculum at an Exclusive Brethren school in Wiltshire. Samuel Mullet Sr: Amish 'cult leader' had gang of beard cutters 'hold down howling victims and pose for photos' By Daniel Bates.
Amish bishop accused of hair-cutting attacks 'forced women to have sex with him to make them better wives' Woman tells court he asked for kisses and hugs which led to sexDefence lawyers claim there is 'no-evidence' to back up allegationSamuel Mullet Sr is one of 16 people on trial for hair cutting hate crime By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 11:31 GMT, 31 August 2012 | Updated: 11:40 GMT, 31 August 2012 An Amish bishop accused of orchestrating hair-cutting attacks in Ohio coerced women at his settlement into having sex with him so he could turn them into better wives, a court has heard.
A woman has testified that what started out as hugs turned into kisses and then sex, which she said she resisted at first. Prosecutors say the alleged sexual 'counseling' of married women shows the control Samuel Mullet Sr. had over followers at the Amish settlement he founded two decades ago. Sexual force: A woman testified that Samuel Mullet Sr, pictured, accused of orchestrating the hair-cutting attacks, forced married women to have sex with him so he could turn them into better wives. Britain's voodoo killers: This week a minister warned of a wave of child abuse and killings linked to witchcraft. Alarmist? This investigation suggests otherwise.
By Sue Reid Published: 23:49 GMT, 15 August 2012 | Updated: 18:15 GMT, 17 August 2012 Horrific: After three days of torture, Kristy Bamu, pictured, was put in the bath and hosed down with cold water to get rid of the blood on his body.
Horribly injured, he slid under the water as the bath filled up, and drowned. Orthodox Jewish men given blurred glasses to stop sexual temptation. Published: 22:34 GMT, 10 August 2012 | Updated: 22:37 GMT, 10 August 2012 It may seem a short-sighted solution but blurred glasses are their latest tool available to ultra-orthodox Jewish men who want to stop eyeing up beautiful women.
The specially-designed out of focus glasses are proving popular among so-called 'Charedi' men in religious areas of Israel. The anti-ogle goggles can be snapped up for just a few pounds and feature a sticker on the lens which makes them poorly focused when looking anywhere except for the space in the immediate vicinity. Reclusive Muslim sect accused of keeping children underground for more than ten years. Children aged one to 17 allegedly kept in cells.
Some of them may have never seen the sunInclusive city of Kazan in the eastern region of Tatarstan shocked by allegations By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 12:11 GMT, 8 August 2012 | Updated: 11:47 GMT, 10 August 2012 A cruel religious sect kept 27 children locked away in dark and unheated underground cells - some for a decade. The youngsters, aged from one to 17, have never seen daylight and have now been rescued from their living hell in Russia.
They were kept in an eight-level warren of cramped rooms underneath a three-storey house, without ventilation or electricity in a suburb of the city of Kazan, in the eastern region of Tartarstan.
Scientology in the News. Cult leader accused of drowning woman to collect her $2million life insurance policy 'told CHILD to lie about victim's death' By Snejana Farberov Published: 04:48 GMT, 30 May 2012 | Updated: 04:48 GMT, 30 May 2012 Suspected Kansas cult leader Daniel Perez accused of killing a woman in 2003 allegedly instructed a child to lie to police that the young mother accidentally drowned in the pool trying to rescue her two-year-old daughter.
The revelation came out during a preliminary hearing for 52-year-old Perez, with prosecutors saying that the girl is now prepared to testify that the cult leader directed her to tell ‘a false story’ about how Patricia Hughes died. Prosecutors must show the judge enough evidence to justify a trial on premeditated first-degree murder and about 40 other charges. Leader: Daniel Perez is accused of premeditated first-degree murder in the 2003 death of Patricia Hughes in Kansas During Tuesday's hearing, the prosecution portrayed Perez as a domineering commune leader who got group members and friends alike to do his bidding, sometimes with threats of violence. More victims?