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Marking 10 years of chronicling the good, the bad and the quirky in the world of faith since 2000 with a move to Tumblr.


October 3, 2011

'Minister investigated for naked rituals with followers' (Chicago Tribune)

In a small house overlooking a lake in Wauconda, a minister directed his female followers to go into a back room and take off their clothes.

In one-on-one sessions, he got naked, touched their bodies and told them to touch his.

He called them prayer sessions.

What allegedly happened in that room over a series of months would spur a criminal investigation in one county, spark civil litigation in two others and reopen the age-old debate on what’s a cult.

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