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$1 Million Nuisance Award vs Buddhist Group Reduced to $45,000

$11M Verdict in Funeral Protesters Case

10 years for 'Dr. Dino'

12 Jurors, 2 Parents, 1 Dead Child

2 Aryan Brotherhood Gang Leaders Convicted

2 men sue Mormons, Scouts over abuse

3 men jailed in beating at youth camp

6 Falun Gong followers stand trial in Singapore over alleged protest

A Bill and a Resolution

A Conflict Between Religious Liberty and Involuntary Servitude? (Conclusion)

A Conflict Between Religious Liberty and Involuntary Servitude? (Part 2)

A Court Decision Elbows a Village in Favor of Religious Rights

A decade for 'Dr. Dino'

Abundant Life Church: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit

Abundant Life Church: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit

Abuse Allegedly Continues from Prison

Accused Calif. Killer Said to Have Led Incest Cult

AJC Attorney Calls for Prosecution of Cult Lawbreaking

Alamo Captured

Alamo Convicted

Alamo Cult Child Returned

Alamo Found Not Guilty of Threatening Judge

Alamo Foundation Returns to California

Alamo Foundation Suspected in Anti-Catholic Poster Campaign

Alamo Personally Responsible

Alamo Property Seized

Alamo: Six Years in Prison

Alamo's Defamation Suit Fails

Amish/Mennonites: Schools Fail to Comply with Health Codes

Amish: Battle Over Warning Reflectors on Buggies

Amish: County Accommodates Buggies

Amish: Don’t Let Children Testify

Amway distributors face $19 million judgment in suit

Anne Hamilton-Byrne/The Family: Ex-Follower Ties Drug Use to Membership

Another deputy to appeal firing today

Another Trans-Atlantic Divide? Church-State Relations in Europe and the United States

Ariel Ben Sherman: Abuse Charges Dropped

Arizona lawmaker targets visitation by polygamists

Arizona to extradite Scientology protester to Riverside County

As Exemptions Grow, Religion Outweighs Regulation

As Religious Programs Expand, Disputes Rise Over Tax Breaks

Assault Suit Against Brother Julius and "The Work" Settled Out of Court

Attleboro (The Body): Woman Said to be Cutting Ties to Group

Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph): “Hounded” by Police

Aum Shinrikyo: “Asahara Is Innocent”

Aum Shinrikyo: Aum Guru’s Wife to Be Freed

Aum Shinrikyo: Community Rejection Overturned

Aum Shinrikyo: Compensation for Rejection

Aum Shinrikyo: Death for "Home Affairs Minister"

Aum Shinrikyo: Death Penalty Demanded

Aum Shinrikyo: Former Leader Sentenced to Death

Aum Shinrikyo: Founder’s Daughters Sue Magazine

AUM Shinrikyo: Kazakhs Arrest Local Leader

Aum Shinrikyo: State Surveillance to Continue

Aum Shinrikyo: Town Ordered to Accept Residency

Aum Shinrikyo: Town Ordered to Accept Residency

Aum’s Earlier Crimes Surfacing

Austria: How Can the Law Deal with Cults?

Austrian Parents Group

Author Cross-Examined in Court

Ban on Prison Religious Program Challenged

Battle over evidence expands in Jeff case

Belgium: Cor Unum Cult Raided

BeliefWatch: Reincarnate

Bible Speaks' Case May Affect Bakker's PTL "Partners"

Bible Speaks Files for Bankruptcy

Bible Speaks Property Bought by Winner of Case Against Church

Bill to Deny Clergy Malpractice Suits

Bill to Restrict IRS Examination of Church Finances

'Black Jesus' who terrorised jungle villages is captured

Bodybuilder says Robertson threatened to kill him and his family

Brainwashing: Brainwashing Defense Returns

Branch Davidians: Davidians Appeal Dismissal of Suit vs. Government

Branch Davidians: Davidians Appeal Dismissal of Suit vs. Government

Branch Davidians: New Trial Push Stalled

Brazil’s Top TV Preachers Land in Hot Water in Miami

Breach of Confessional

Brentwood church files Web-based libel suit

Britain: Legal Curbs Urged

Can't sue guru who voodoos so well

Cascade Center for Growth: Death by Water Punishment

Catholic Order Files Suit Over Documents

Charles Manson: Follower Denied Parole Again

Checking Cult Member's Inheritance

Child Abuse: Guilty Pleas in Neglect Case

Child Killer's Penalty to Be Reviewed

Child’s death renews scrutiny of Remnant Fellowship Church

Child-bride case fizzles

China Cancels Iran Meeting Over Dalai Lama

China Warns U.S. on Dalai Lama Trip

China, 13 other Asian countries tarred by U.S. religious freedom report

China's Leader Puts Faith in Religious

Chinese political advisors call for early formulation of anti-cult law

Christ Brotherhood Leader Paroled

Church argues marijuana a sacrament

Church Elders Sued Over Disclosures

Church of convicted pastor owes thousands in tax bills

Church of God in Upland: Couple Sentenced in Faith Healing Death

Church of God/Aylmer: Seizure of Children Ruled Constitutional

Church of Naturalism Murders

Church to Pay $500K Over Shark Poaching

Church/State Relations: Faith-Based Initiative Checked

Church's critics say verdict is a lesson

Church-State Relations: Russian Group Visits Waco

Circle of Friends Plea

Citizen Media Law Project Summary of Gentle Wind Project v. Garvey et al.

Clergy Malpractice Bill Dead

Cobb cop testifies parents feared son, 8

Coerced Adoption Voided

Coercive Therapy: Bill to Outlaw “Coercive” Therapy

Commentary: “Impregnable Wall” Between Church & State?

Commentary: Claim of Freedom from Scrutiny vs. Finding of Fraud Complicates Appeal: Riposte by D.C. Attorney Points to Falsified Documents

COMMENTARY: Cults and the First Amendment

Commentary: What to Do When Cults Purchase Property

Comments on Fay Stender's "Some Rigors of Our Times"

Communal Religious Organizations Face Loss of Tax Status

Community: Miracle Valley Sect Weapons Charge

Con case only gets weirder [IPIC International]

Concerns Over Scientology

Congregation of Universal Wisdom: Church Offers Chance for Religious Exemption

Controversial Chinese TV okayed for cable broadcast

Council of Europe: Blasphemy, religious insults and hate speech against persons on grounds of their religion - Recommendation 1805 (Provisional)

Council of Europe: State, religion, secularity and human rights - Recommendation 1804 (provisional)

Couple charged in son's beating death won't take stand

Couple get life terms for killing their son

Court Castigates Scientology in Wollersheim Appeal Decision

Court Castigates Scientology in Wollersheim Appeal Decision

Court lets sect kids see dad, but not TV

Court Watch

COURT WATCH: Neglect Conviction

COURT WATCH: Suicide’s Father Can Sue U.C.

Courts: $32 Million Judgment Against Krishna: Award to Georges for Kidnapping, Mind Control, Loss of Father

COURTS: $50 Million Countersuit VS. Scientology

Courts: ...And One More New Suit vs. Lifespring

Courts: 12 Children Taken from “Christ Brotherhood”

Courts: 120 Awarded Claims Against People’s Temple

Courts: 20 Year Sentence in Cultish Death

COURTS: Author Wants Scientology Subpoena Quashed

Courts: Bargain for Misdemeanor in Abduction from Guru

Courts: Bargain for Misdemeanor in Abduction from Guru

Courts: Charges Dropped Against Deprogrammers

Courts: Court Allows Moon Solicitation

Courts: Court Forces Moon Paper Name Change

Courts: Court Limits Ashram Visits

COURTS: Court Rules Rights Laws Protect Against Religious Discrimination

Courts: Court to Determine Whether Deprogrammers Can Be Tried

Courts: Crimes Alleged in Cultish Group

Courts: Criminal Charges Dropped in Deprogramming Case – Civil Suit Pending

Courts: Dakota Tax Murder Suspect Linked to Survivalist Hate Group

Courts: Details of Case vs. Moon

Courts: Father Gets Children in Church Child Abuse Case

Courts: Flynn Files $50 Million Suit

Courts: Guilty Verdict in “WAY” Trial

Courts: Herbert Rosedale Resource on Cults and the Law

Courts: House Panel Eyes Cult-Lawsuit Bill

Courts: Jewish Congress Files Brief Supporting Moon Case

Courts: Judge Gives ‘License to Kidnap’ – Chooses “Lesser Evil”

COURTS: Justice Dept. Answers Cult Query

Courts: Krishna Assets Frozen Pending Bond Appeal in George Case

Courts: Life Science Judged

Courts: Lifespring Settles Out of Court

Courts: Mayor’s Suit Reinstated

Courts: Mental State Key in Kidnap Trial

Courts: Moon Solicitation Suit Fails

Courts: Moon Zoning Appeal Denied

Courts: Mother Asks Aid in Suit vs. Krishna, Promises Aid for Others

COURTS: Parents Survive Cult Child’s Suit

COURTS: Patients Sue Therapists for $95 Million

Courts: Rajneesh Couples Sue Immigration Service

Courts: Religious Use of State College Facilities Debated

Courts: Rev. Moon Appeals Tax Conviction

Courts: Scam Church’s Parties Over

COURTS: Scientologists Denied Supreme Court Review

COURTS: Scientologists Lose Britain Extradition Fight, appeal

COURTS: Scientologists Seek Reversal of Verdict

Courts: Scientology Founder Now Defendant in Cazares Suit

Courts: Scientology on Trial in Florida

Courts: Scientology Property Not Exempt

COURTS: Scientology Suit Accuses IRS of Delaying, Denying Minister’s Tax Exemption

Courts: Solicitation Law Struck

COURTS: Solicitation Ordinance Quashed by Moon Appeal

Courts: State Ordered to Pay Moon Church $152,500

Courts: Supreme Court Will Hear Libel Case

Courts: Synanon Destroys Evidence

Courts: U.C. Wins Tax Dispute

Courts: Ward Deprogramming Suit Ruling Clarified

Courts: Zoning Rules Overcome Religious Use Appeal

Creffield, Franz: Franz Creffield “Lured” Women

Cult Awareness Network Loses Name Appeal

Cult Awareness Network Suit Dismissal Appealed

Cult leader arrested in PNG jungle

Cult leader faces child sex charges

Cult leader jailed for raping followers

Cult Leader’s Appeal Denied

Cult Membership No Defense

Cult tied to cases of racist violence, kid abuse

Cultism and the Law: Litigating the Cult-Related Child Custody Case