Lev Tahor

Extreme Jewish religious sect Lev Tahor requested political asylum from Iran

The request was among documents filed in federal court ahead of trials against five members on charges of kidnapping and child abuse.

4 more members of fringe haredi Orthodox sect indicted on kidnapping charges

Five leaders of Lev Tahor arrested in December were indicted days earlier on similar charges.

Teens rescued from Jewish religious cult found again after kidnapping

The children, ages 14 and 12, who were members of the Lev Tahor sect, were last seen getting into a car on Dec. 8, near a resort in the Catskills, where they were attending a therapeutic event with others who had escaped the cult.

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Five leaders of extreme Jewish religious sect Lev Tahor arrested in Mexico

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Jewish religious cult is suspected of kidnapping kids who broke away

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Leader of fringe haredi Orthodox sect reportedly drowned in Mexico

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Ex-mayor of small Guatemalan town jailed for expelling haredi sect

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Fringe Jewish sect relocates within Guatemala in aftermath of police raid

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Guatemalan authorities raid fringe Jewish sect suspected of child abuse

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Guatemalan ex-mayor charged in expulsion of Jewish sect

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