Kenya's Christian Cults: From Abuse of Scripture to Mass Deaths
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At least 90 bodies have been found at the ranch of a pastor in Kenya who is accused of telling his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus, and the death toll could rise with the Kenya Red Cross Society saying 213 people are missing. This has sparked memories of some of the world’s worst cases of cult-related mass deaths, including Jonestown, Waco, Heaven's Gate, and the Uganda Doomsday Sect.
- Kenya case sparks memories of worst cult-related mass deaths The Associated Press
- Kenya starvation cult death toll hits 90: "Mass graves of children" Yahoo News
- Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 73, police say Al Jazeera English
- 'Abusing scripture': The rise of Kenya's Christian cults News24
- Gravitas: The Kenya Christian cult deaths WION
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