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Thread #119774   Message #2602144
Posted By: Alice
01-Apr-09 - 09:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: It's not delusional if it's religious?
Subject: RE: BS: It's not delusional if it's religious?
Here is an excerpt from a more complete description of the cult case of One Mind Ministries at http://www.rickross.com/reference/onemind/onemind14.html


"She insists that her daughter was also a victim and was coerced into starving Javon. "The leader of the cult -- Queen Antoinette -- made the decision. She was the one that said, 'Do not feed him,' and would beat Javon and put him in a back room."

The child was denied food and water and became thin with dark circles under his eyes, according to a statement of charges filed by Detective Vernon Parker. When he stopped breathing, cult members were instructed to pray around Javon's body, according to Parker.

"The Queen told everyone that 'God was going to raise Javon from the dead,'" according to the document. "That resurrection never took place."

Cult member Bynum then rented a silver Chevrolet Impala and drove to Philadelphia with other group members and the corpse, according to Parker. After being evicted from a Red Roof Inn, they lived on the streets before meeting Samuel Morgan, an elderly man who allowed them to stay at his home for one week.

Leaving behind the suitcase, cult members moved on to Brooklyn, where three cult members were arrested on accusations of assaulting an officer who was attempting to retrieve a child involved in a custody dispute from their home.

Javon's body was finally discovered after Baltimore police received a tip from a caseworker with New York's child welfare authority."