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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 09:15 AM Jan 2020

7 killed, 14 tortured in Panama exorcism terror rituals


PANAMA CITY (AP) - Prosecutors in Panama say they have found the corpses of six children and one adult in a clandestine burial pit where a sect had tortured indigenous people in exorcism rituals.

Authorities release at least 15 victims apparently held without their consent under a disguise of a religious sect (Source: CNN/TVN PANAMA)
Prosecutors said Thursday the dead minors ranged in age from one to 17, and that the adult was a pregnant woman who was the mother of five of the kids.

The pit was found at a remote camp near the Caribbean coast where police arrested 10 members of an evangelical sect known as “The New Light of God.

https://www.wctv.tv/content/news/7-killed-14-tortured-in-Panama-exorcism-terror-rituals--567046221.html

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7 killed, 14 tortured in Panama exorcism terror rituals (Original Post) mfcorey1 Jan 2020 OP
"an evangelical sect" jberryhill Jan 2020 #1
If you can't beat them,... beat them some more. magicarpet Jan 2020 #2
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
1. "an evangelical sect"
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 09:29 AM
Jan 2020

Because if you’re going to believe in the Devil, you have to believe in Jesus first.

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