A police officer said it appeared that the sect leader had set the fire.

China previously executed religious sect leaders under other criminal statutes.

He is mentioned as the leader of a nontrinitarian sect at Rome in the third century.

No sarin has been discovered, and the police are said to be concerned that fugitive sect leaders have taken it with them.

Another party was planned for the eighteenth, which officials believe sect leaders had announced in order to mislead authorities as to their plans.

They'll probably get Alexander to drop the arson charge and focus instead on your being the leader of an illegal sect.

Anxiety in Tokyo has also been fueled by the disappearance of the sect leaders and at least some of their equipment.

One zealous leader of a religious sect said he believed it was the coming of the Messiah.

She hands out maps of the compound with possible tunnels and "escape routes" that she says might have been taken by the sect leader.

Two leaders of a Chinese Christian sect were sentenced to death today, the first time executions have been ordered under the country's 1999 anti-cult law.