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Religious offenses are actions that are considered to violate religious sensibilities and arouse negative emotions in people with strong religious beliefs. Traditionally, there are three unique types of acts that are considered to be religious offenses: [citation needed] Heresy (wrong choice) means questioning or doubting dogmatic established ...
Religious or laity who attempt to produce another creed. Religious or laity who assist in a simoniacal ordination (i.e., buying the sacrament of holy orders). Priests or religious who go into military service or politics. Religious or laity who carry off girls under the pretext of cohabitation or who assist in this. [5]
Swami Premananda of Tiruchirapalli - Indian religious leader convicted and sentenced to two life sentences for the rape of 13 girls and murder in 2005. [ 18 ] Theodore Rinaldo - Leader of a religious group in Snohomish, Washington convicted of third-degree statutory rape for having sexual intercourse with one minor girl and of taking indecent ...
Pages in category "Crimes in religion" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Arrest of Apollo ...
Pages in category "Punishments in religion" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
In Cuba, Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, arrested during the July 11 protests, remains in prison facing a seven-year sentence despite an international campaign for his release.
According to the sociologist Bruno Étienne, an expert on religious issues, the SRCM publishes books as any other group but does not proselytize, and has never been convicted: "To us, it is fully a NMR (new religious movement), modern religious group, although based on an ancient tradition, and subject to serious arguments advanced by others ...
The list of the worst countries for religious freedom is out — and Iran, China and North Korea are among the worst offenders. This comes from the U.S. Commission on International Religious ...