List of religious leaders convicted of crimes: Difference between revisions

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* [[Jeffrey Lundgren]] - Headed splinter group from [[Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]], on [[death row]] for multiple murders.

* [[Charles Manson]] - Leader of [[Manson Family]] who is serving life for [[first degree murder]]

* [['''Monte Kim Miller]]''' - Founder of [[Concerned Christians]], arrested by [[Politics_of_Israel|Israeli authorities]] on charges of plotting to cause a violent incident at the [[Temple Mount]].

* [[Fred Phelps]] - Leader of [[Westboro Baptist Church]], charges for violence are mostly for [[extortion]] and [[assault]]. Little to no actual [[jail]] time.

* [[Omar Abdel-Rahman]] - Rahman is the spiritual leader of [[Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya]], he is currently serving a life sentence at a [[federal prison]] [[hospital]] for his involvement in the [[New York City landmark bomb plot]].

* [[Rajneesh]] - Deceased figure of [[Osho]], ten year suspended term and told not to return to the US.

* '''Jacques Robidoux''' - Leader of defunct group [[The Body of Christ]] who is serving time for [[first degree murder]].

* [[Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar]] - Listed here as he did serve time for "abetment to murder", but he was later found innocent.

* [[Paul Schäfer]] - Former head of [[Colonia Dignidad]], tried and found guilty in absentia of child molestation and also charged with involvement in the [[1976]] disappearance of the political activist [[Juan Maino]].