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Wayne Bent speaks from prison

By on February 21, 2009 in churches, cults, New Mexico, News, Wayne Bent

LISTEN: “Turning Point” (Wayne Bent speaks from prison) The imprisoned leader of the Lord Our Righteousness Church isn’t letting incarceration keep him from espousing his foreboding pronouncements from his familiar post in cyberspace.  A new audio recording featuring the voice of Wayne Bent appeared on the LOR’s Web site today. It sounds as if it [...]

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Wayne Bent trial transcripts emerging Online

By on February 10, 2009 in Beyond 90 Seconds, churches, cults, New Mexico, News, Wayne Bent

TRANSCRIPTS Two frequent contributors to the comments sections of this blog have teamed-up to post written transcripts of the Wayne Bent trial on the Internet. Sam Redman and Jan Brennan are publishing the transcripts at Redman’s Strong City “mirror site“. According to Redman’s mirror site, the names of the victims will be redacted from its [...]

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"Esther" returns to Strong City

By on February 8, 2009 in churches, cults, New Mexico, News, Wayne Bent

Update (February 9, 2009 / 2:35pm PST):  A note from Esther *** She’s back. 25-year-old Aquinnah O’Keefe (aka Esther) returned to the Lord Our Righeousness Church compound known as “Strong City” on Saturday afternoon.  According to strongcity.info, O’Keefe returned to “the land” in remote northeastern New Mexico around 2:30pm local time. A photo posted on [...]

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Strong City posts its video of "Esther" interview with KOB-TV

By on February 2, 2009 in Beyond 90 Seconds, churches, cults, New Mexico, News, Wayne Bent

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VIDEO: KOB-TV’s exclusive interview with "starving" woman

By on February 2, 2009 in Beyond 90 Seconds, churches, cults, New Mexico, News, Wayne Bent

Just hours before authorities removed Aquinnah O’Keefe (aka “Esther”) from a “cult” compound in northeastern New Mexico last Wednesday, KOB-TV’s Jeremy Jojola conducted an exclusive interview with the young woman. O’Keefe, who said she’d not eaten since December 30th, had been fasting to protest the imprisonment of Wayne Bent (aka “Michael Travesser). O’Keefe’s sister is [...]

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VIDEO: Starving woman’s removal from "cult" compound

By on January 29, 2009 in Beyond 90 Seconds, churches, cults, New Mexico, News, Wayne Bent

Update #6: 6:17pm (PST): KOB-TV 6:30pm news story from reporter Jeremy Jojola jwplayer(‘jwplayer-10′).setup({“flashplayer”:”http://beyond90seconds.com/wp-content/uploads/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/player/player.swf”,”width”:”400″,”height”:”298″,”controlbar”:”bottom”,”dock”:”false”,”autostart”:”false”,”mediaid”:”2526″,”image”:”http://beyond90seconds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/kob_012909.png”,”file”:”http://beyond90seconds.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/kob_012909.mp4″,”modes”:[{"type":"flash","src":"http://beyond90seconds.com/wp-content/uploads/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/player/player.swf"},{"type":"html5","config":{"streamer":"","provider":"","file":"http://beyond90seconds.com/?p=2501"}},{"type":"download","config":{"streamer":"","provider":""}}]}); Update #5: 1:30pm (PST): This is another video produced by Strong City today.  It features additional footage of O’Keefe/Esther as she’s taken to an ambulance.  This video shows a closer shot of the court document deputies presented to O’Keefe/Esther. jwplayer(‘jwplayer-11′).setup({“flashplayer”:”http://beyond90seconds.com/wp-content/uploads/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/player/player.swf”,”width”:”400″,”height”:”300″,”controlbar”:”bottom”,”dock”:”false”,”autostart”:”false”,”mediaid”:”4787″,”image”:”http://beyond90seconds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/esther_ambulance_cam1_p2.jpg”,”file”:”http://beyond90seconds.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/esther_ambulance_cam1_p2.mp4″,”modes”:[{"type":"flash","src":"http://beyond90seconds.com/wp-content/uploads/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/player/player.swf"},{"type":"html5","config":{"streamer":"","provider":"","file":"http://beyond90seconds.com/?p=2501"}},{"type":"download","config":{"streamer":"","provider":""}}]}); Update #4: [...]

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