Yearly archive for ‘ 1986 ’

1986-Dec.: Morningland Church Bomb Scare

1st December 1986 | Closed

HQ of controversial sect spared as bomb misfires LONG BEACH — An attempt to blow up the headquarters of a controversial religious sect failed yesterday when a small primary explosion alerted police. Ten industrial-type sticks of dynamite attached to three timing devices and powered by a car battery were found planted in a 6-inch crevice […]


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1986-Dec.: Morningland Church Bomb Scare

1st December 1986 | Closed

Man held in planting bomb at cult’s center LONG BEACH — A man whose sister was reportedly being harassed by members of a religious cult was arrested on suspicion of planting a powerful dynamite bomb at the church’s headquarters, police said. Thomas T. McCoy, 26, of Bellflower, was arrested yesterday after a church member saw […]


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1986-Dec.: Morningland Church Bomb Scare

1st December 1986 | Closed

Man held in planting bomb at cult’s center. V.2 (Executive News Service) LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Police held a man without bail in the attempted bombing of a church criticized by some former members for alleged claims to cure disease. “We have an idea what the motive might be, but I’m not at liberty […]


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1986-Oct.: The ML Church, and Its Controversy

1st October 1986 | Closed

Morningland “healing” church lives on in L.B. despite criticism Ranks decimated by death, purges, scandal, state investigation By Larry Keller Staff writer, Long Beach Press Telegram He was the son of Italian immigrants, a former Catholic altar boy who ran a pizza shop in Syracuse, N.Y. She sold Tupperware and was “a typical middle-class lady,” […]


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1986-Oct.: Life in ML, an Ex-disciple Reports

1st October 1986 | Closed

Former Morningland disciples describe what life like inside sect “They talk constantly about love, there is a lot of hugging” By Larry Keller Staff writer, Long Beach Press Telegram Talk to former Morninglanders, the unorthodox church that has been in Long Beach since 1973, and many will tell you three things:


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1986-Oct.: ML Accused of Charging to Heal AIDS

1st October 1986 | Closed

Morningland sect accused of charging to “heal” AIDS By Larry Keller Staff writer, Long Beach Press Telegram A Long Beach man says he gave the Morningland religious sect nearly $700 over a span of 2.5 months earlier this year in order to be healed of AIDS. Since then he condition has worsened, said the man, […]


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