The United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors Web site is located at www.unnm.com
2007
- September 25, 2007 Cult Survivors Speak Out, Montel Williams
Dwight "Malachi" York was a false prophet, a psychotic thug, a con man extraordinaire, and a sexual predator who started a religious cult in rural Georgia. You won't believe how he used his power as a religious leader to deflect scrutiny from his criminal activities...
...Currently, he is in federal prison serving a 135-year sentence for racketeering and transporting minors across state lines for unlawful sexual activity. York's appeals have failed, and while many of his followers have left the compound and are struggling to move on, others maintain his innocence.
We'll feature three women who escaped from the cult: Pauline, Nichole, and Sakinah...We'll hear their shocking stories of how they got out and how they've managed to move on with their lives...
- June 14, 2007 Book Focuses on Malachi York, 13WMAZ News
A controversial book hit stores Thursday.
Author Bill Osinski released his book at Barnes and Noble.
The book titled "Ungodly" is billed as the real story of Dr. Malachi Z. York, also known as Imam Isa.
Malachi was convicted of more than 200 counts of child molestation...
2006
- November 30, 2006 Fired Nuwaubian jailers appeal to get jobs back, ASSOCIATED PRESS via Macon Telegraph
ATHENS - Two former Clarke County deputies fired for actions related to their involvement with the Nuwaubian religious sect are appealing to get their jobs back.
William York and Rena Jennings were both fired Nov. 15 by the Clark County sheriff's office. They were two of five employees who were fired or allowed to resign after an investigation suggested their ties to the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors threatened jail security...
- November 26, 2006 Five deputies off the job over ties to religious sect, Associated Press via Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ATHENS - An investigation into whether five deputies violated jail policy because of their connection to the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors religious sect has resulted in the firing of four deputies and the resignation of a fifth, Clarke County Sheriff Ira Edwards said...
- November 23, 2006 Sheriff fires 4 deputies after investigating Nuwaubian link, Associated Press via Ledger-Enquirer
ATHENS, Ga. - An investigation into whether five deputies violated jail policy because of their connection to the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors religious sect has resulted in the firing of four deputies and the resignation of a fifth, Clarke County Sheriff Ira Edwards said...
- August 4, 2006 Lawyer: Client given cult literature, By Joe Johnson, Athens Banner-Herald, Athens, Georgia
Clarke County jail
A Clarke County sheriff's deputy distributed black supremacist cult literature even as a Clarke County grand jury and the sheriff's office investigated alleged cult activity at the county jail, according to a defense attorney who represents a prisoner at the jail.
Deputies affiliated with the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors sect have used "every opportunity" to try to indoctrinate his client and other prisoners, said defense lawyer Dean Clark...
- July 15, 2006 York ad removed, By Travis Fain, TELEGRAPH STAFF WRITER, Macon Telegraph, Georgia
An image of Malachi York, the leader of the Nuwaubian movement who is serving a federal sentence for child molestation, has been gracing the side of a Macon public bus.
It's not clear how long advertisements proclaiming the innocence of the cult leader were on the bus, but Macon Transit Authority Chairwoman Lynn Cass said the signs should be down by this morning...
- July 15, 2006 Nuwaubian probe may continue, by Joe Johnson, Athens Banner-Herald, Athens, Georgia
Lawyers: Grand jury invited successor to proceed with investigation
A grand jury ended its term last week with a call for an independent body to investigate the Clarke County Sheriff's Office after hearing testimony that deputies recruited prisoners into a black supremacist religious sect and remained in touch with the sect's leader, a convicted felon.
Although the panel did not specify in its findings - called a presentment - on who should conduct the investigation into influence the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors wields at the county jail, it appears to some in the local legal community that the grand jury had invited its successor to continue its work...
..."The grand jury further heard testimony confirming attempted correspondence between certain deputies and (Nuwaubian leader) Dwight 'Malachi' York who is currently a convicted felon and prisoner at the Federal Administrative Maximum Security Prison in Florence, Colorado," the report states...
- June 18, 2006 Sect chief's influence felt at Clarke jail, by Joe Johnson, Athens Banner-Herald, Athens, Georgia
Deputy's letter to convicted child molester sparks probe by chief jailer who's fired
In March, Clarke County's chief jailer Brett Hart got a letter from a federal prison...
...Hart opened an internal investigation to find out how deputies were trying to recruit prisoners at the Clarke County Jail into the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors...
2005
- October 27, 2005 Court Upholds Conviction of Nuwaubian Leader, Associated Press via First Coast News
ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of Dwight York, who was the leader of the religious
sect called the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors based in middle Georgia.
The founder of the predominantly black group was sentenced in April to 135 years in federal prison for molesting 14 boys and girls whose parents were members of his group...
- September 15, 2005 Nuwaubian Leader's Case Back in Court, By Tenikka Smith
WMAZ, First Coast News
ATLANTA, GA -- The case of Nuwaubian leader Malachi York went back to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday.
A three judge panel heard oral arguments from York's attorney, Adrian Patrick, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Moultrie.
Patrick wants the conviction reversed or a whole new trial...
(Video included.)
- August 20, 2005 Sect leader's mansion sold at auction, By Joe Johnson, Athens Banner-Herald via Google's cache, Athens, Georgia
Convicted child molester and religious sect leader Dwight "Malachi" York's Athens mansion sold for $635,000 when auctioned this week by the U.S. Marshals Service. The property was seized after York's conviction in federal court last year...
- June 10, 2005 Former Nuwaubian property sold; demolition begins - Associated Press via Macon Telegraph, Georgia
EATONTON, Ga. - The pyramids, obelisks and walls of the former Nuwaubian compound are starting to come down...
...Malachi York - founder of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors - and his followers.
The 476-acre Putnam County compound that York once owned was sold Wednesday for $1.1 million, said Dave Turner, U.S. Marshals Service spokesman. The property and a home in Athens were forfeited to the government and seized after York was convicted in January 2004 of 10 counts of child molestation and racketeering...
- March 14, 2005 Former Nuwaubian writes book, tells how York duped followers By Sharon E. Crawford, Telegraph Staff Writer, Macon Telegraph, Georgia
Robert Rohan says he begged on the streets for money and then gave it all away to a man who needed nothing...
...The 38-year-old New York native spent 16 years following the teachings of Malachi York, founder of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors who is currently serving a 135-year federal prison sentence for child molestation and racketeering...
...Now, Rohan has written a book - "Holding York Responsible" - which describes his experiences as a Nuwaubian and how he says York conned followers...
2004
- November 18, 2004 Photo - Supporters of jailed Nuwaubian Nation of Moors leader Dwight 'Malachi' York, cheer during a news conference at the Capitol Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004 in Atlanta. Attorneys for York, who was sentenced to 135 years in federal prison for molesting 14 boys and girls whose parents were members of his group, have filed an appeal with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (AP Photo/John Bazemore via Yahoo!)
- November 18, 2004 Nuwaubian Followers Rally Over Leader's Prison Sentence,
The Associated Press via WSBTV.com News, Georgia (Group Appealing York's Sentence
ATLANTA -- Attorneys for jailed religious sect leader Dwight "Malachi" York called his federal conviction on child sex charges flawed Thursday, as more than 100 members of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors pronounced their group strong, even with their leader in prison.
York's attorneys filed an appeal with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...)
- November 18, 2004 Appeal filed in Nuwaubians case,
Associated Press via Macon Telegraph, Georgia (ATLANTA - The trial of jailed religious sect leader Dwight "Malachi" York that led to his prison sentence was fraught with errors, according to an appeals brief filed in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
...York, who was leader of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, was sentenced to 135 years in federal prison in April for molesting 14 boys and girls whose parents were members of his group...)
- October 28, 2004 Georgia religious sect dwindles as leader sits in prison on child molestation charges,
MARK NIESSE, Associated Press Writer via sfgate.com
10-28) 22:52 PDT EATONTON, Ga. (AP) (Pyramids, obelisks and a lonely sphinx stand deserted on the Egyptian-themed compound where as many as 500 members of a quasi-religious sect lived only five years ago.
The United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors has gone quiet since its leader, Malachi York, was sentenced to 135 years in federal prison in April for molesting 14 boys and girls whose parents were members of his group.
The federal government has seized the Nuwaubians' 476-acre farm in this middle Georgia town and the group's members have dispersed...)
- August 17, 2004 Judge denies Nuwaubian leader's request for new trial, Associated Press via Macon Telegraph, Georgia (MACON, Ga. - A federal judge has denied a request for a new trial by the leader of a quasi-religious sect convicted of child molestation and racketeering...
...York, 58, still awaits sentencing in Putnam County Superior Court, after he pleaded guilty in January 2003 to 77 counts of child molestation, aggravated child molestation and exploitation of children.)
- August 9, 2004 Nuwaubians appear to have vacated compound, Associated Press via The Macon Telegraph (EATONTON, Ga. - Members of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors have apparently vacated land owned by the group in rural Putnam County and in Athens.
This comes after a federal judge ordered the land, which includes a 476-acre Putnam County compound and a $750,000 home in Athens, be turned over to the government...
...U.S. District Judge Ashley Royal will decide this Friday whether to order a new trial for York, Sills said...)
- July 16, 2004 Federal judge approves seizure of Nuwaubian property, By Gary Tanner and Sharon E. Crawford, Telegraph Staff Writers, Macon Telegraph, Georgia (U.S. District Judge Ashley Royal issued an order Thursday allowing federal officials to seize $1.7 million in property tied to the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, including the group's 476-acre headquarters in rural Putnam County.
Royal on Monday ruled the property is owned by the founder of the religious sect, Malachi York, who was convicted in January of child molestation and racketeering charges. His ruling Thursday stated the government can proceed in taking ownership of the property...)
- July 15, 2004 Judge orders forfeiture of Nuwaubian property, By Sharon Crawford, Telegraph Staff Writer, Macon Telegraph, Georgia (U.S. District Judge Ashley Royal issued an order Thursday allowing the government to seize $1.7 million in property tied to the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, including the sect's 476-acre compound in Putnam County.
The decision comes just two weeks after Royal said he would hold out making a decision until he determines whether convicted child molester Malachi York, the group's lesader, would get a new trial...
...For more on this story, see Friday's Telegraph.)
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