Trial Begins For Leader Of “Starve To Meet Jesus” Cult

August 12, 2024 Christianists, Crime

The leader of a Kenyan starvation sect went on trial on Monday for manslaughter over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in one of the world’s worst cult-related tragedies.

Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and dozens of other suspects pleaded not guilty in January to multiple counts of manslaughter, one of several cases against them over what is known as the “Shakahola Forest Massacre”.

Mackenzie is alleged to have incited his followers to starve to death in order to “meet Jesus” in a case that provoked horror in Kenya and across the world.

Read the full article. Mackenzie and his followers are alleged to have beaten to death those who did not comply with starvation orders.

The leader of a Kenyan starvation cult went on trial for manslaughter over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in one of the world’s worst cult-related tragedies.https://t.co/e18KYlmohN

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 12, 2024

Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 29 associates were charged with the murder of 191 children, whose bodies were found among more than double that number buried in a forest https://t.co/sDZmacTu8p pic.twitter.com/wt6urNWaZG

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 6, 2024