Self-styled Utah prophet gets additional 15-year prison term - AP
The AP reports: "A self-styled prophet who led a doomsday cult and secretly married
young girls because of his beliefs in polygamy and has already been
sentenced to 26 years in prison has been given a 15-year term following
another guilty plea. [...] Prosecutors say Shaffer led a group called
the Knights of the Crystal Blade based on arcane Mormon ideas long
abandoned by the mainstream church."
Comment: It's been a while since we noted a news report about a doomsday cult. This news report does not offer many details about the beliefs of the cult other than their belief in child marriage. It will be interesting to look for other reports to see if we can find more about the doomsday focus. Like most modern cults, it's never about what they say it is, it's just about sex and power.
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