WWW.SILENTLAMBS.ORG Needs Our Help… A Non-Profit that helps children sexually abused by the JW Cult…

December 21st, 2009

Here is a translated German News video of one Jehovah Witness sexually molested victim whom was helped by SilentLambs.org…

I know at this time of year we receive many charitable requests and that our pocketbooks aren’t always in the best shape because of the economy and the holidays looming right in front of […]

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Judge denies motions to dismiss criminal charges in faith-healing death at Oregon’s Followers of Christ Church…

December 19th, 2009

Special thanks to the crew at ReligionNewsBlog.com
In the weeks after the faith-healing death of 15-month-old Ava Worthington, anonymous callers to the state’s child-welfare hot line reported that two of her teenage relatives might also be the victims of medical neglect.
An Oregon Department of Human Services worker who […]

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The Vatican gives Retired Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo the boot for attempting to get married by the “Moonies”…

December 18th, 2009

Vatican Dismisses Milingo From Clerical State: Calls Move an “Extraordinary” Measure
VATICAN CITY, DEC. 17, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Retired Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo of Lusaka, Zambia, who attracted the world’s attention in 2001 when he attempted to marry a Korean acupuncturist during a ceremony of Sun Myung Moon’s Unificationist Church, has been dismissed from the clerical state.
A communiqué […]

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Updated! Another FLDS Elder from the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Elforado Texas is convicted of the sexual assault of a child…

December 18th, 2009

*editors note: SAN ANGELO, Texas — ELDORADO — A Schleicher County jury has sentenced Allan Eugene Keate to 33 years in prison. The jury announced its sentencing decision at 9:50 p.m. Thursday. Update at end of the article below
FLDS: Keate guilty of child sex assault… Jury out less than 2 hours; penalty phase starts today
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Is Physicians Organizing Committee a charitable front?

December 16th, 2009

Mysterious organizations in the Bay Area profess to be advocating for liberal causes. In truth, they appear to be part of a secretive group with a bizarre radical past.
Matt Smith, December 07, 2009 - San Francisco Weekly.com
As with any San Francisco dogfight, myriad organizations have piled on to the civic battle to pressure Sutter Health […]

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Welcome to Vol. 10, No. 4 December 2009 edition of the reFOCUS Forum: An Internet Newsletter for Recovery

December 12th, 2009

reFOCUS is a network of referral and support for former members of closed, high demand groups, relationships or cults.
reFOCUS is dedicated to the recovery of former members…please visit our web site at http://www.refocus.org We are a tax-exempt not-for-profit corporation - all contributions to reFOCUS are 100% tax deductible. Because reFOCUS is dedicated to recovery, we […]

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Aussie Government backs off from Scientology probe…

December 9th, 2009

Probe into Scientology rejected
BARNEY ZWARTZ December 7, 2009 The Age-Australia
A SENATE inquiry into Scientology will not go ahead after the Rudd Government told the church it believed the Tax Office and police were the most appropriate authorities to investigate any complaints.
A staff member for Government Senate leader Chris Evans has emailed Scientologists who wrote to […]

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FACTNet friends and users…Help us keep the discussion board free…

December 7th, 2009

Just a friendly reminder to all of our members, friends and visitors. Our major source of income to keep us running is from Google adds and every time you click on one of the adds it puts a few pennies in our coffers. The total amount of revenue generated by this […]

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Australian Police investigate Scientology…

December 2nd, 2009

NICK O’MALLEY, SydneyMorningHerald.com.au, December 2, 2009
NSW police are investigating allegations of abuse and bullying in the Church of Scientology made in a series of letters from former members tabled in Federal Parliament by independent senator Nick Xenophon.

The most senior executive to defect from the church, US-based Marty Rathbun, has said the allegations, including coercion to […]

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The Family: DC’s C Street Group Tied To Proposed Death Penalty for Gays in Uganda…

November 27th, 2009

Jon Ponder | November 25, 2009 PensitoReview.com
With their reported $13 billion tax-exempt financial empire, the Mormons may be the wealthiest cult in America — and Scientology may be the big thing among the rich and powerful in Hollywood — but when it comes to political power neither of those sects holds a candle to the […]

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Dear FACTNet Community and Online Guests,

This email is a little unusual in that we regularly send only the newsletters out; however, with the current situation and challenges we felt it necessary to provide you with information and an opportunity to join us in solving our current challenge.

Here is the situation, the costs of implementing the new discussion board software and the new home page blog upgrades have run considerably higher than originally anticipated and frankly we’re financially in a temporary tight spot. As a result, our current bank balance is about one-third of what it should be and by the time we implement all the security that is needed for these new upgrades our cost will be about three times what we originally anticipated for these vital security and service expansion projects.

We invite your generous help and support to remain financially viable and to continue to deliver the free survivor resources, healing, and support that so many rely on. We sincerely thank all those that have donated in our 2007 website upgrade fund raising drives—including a recent anonymous donor that sent a large donation to support our upgraded vital mission.

We are sincerely grateful for all your past generosity and invite you in this special situation to help support this critical and great work. Please use the following link for simple and anonymous ways to quickly and easily donate to FACTNet today: http://www.factnet.org/donation.htm

Sincerely,

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