Religion Roundup
Head of Apocalyptic Church Jailed on Sex Charges
Associated Press
May 7, 2008
SANTA FE, N.M. - New Mexico state police have arrested the leader of an apocalyptic religious group and charged him with felony sex crimes against children.
According to the affidavit for his arrest warrant, 66-year-old Wayne Bent is alleged to have touched three girls in 2006 and 2007. All of them were under 18 at the time, and one of them was 12.
Bent heads The Lord Our Righteousness Church, whose Web site says the charges are false.
A former member of the sect has estimated there are about 50 people on the church's rural compound. The three children removed by state officials last month are believed to have been the only minors there.
Bent had predicted that the world would end last October 31st.
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