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17 June, 2004
17 June 2004Basava Premanand, "India's leading guru-buster" and "scourge of all miracle-makers," has been burgled again, the BBC's Tanya Datta reports. Premanand, who has been trying to debunk India's biggest spiritual leader, the "self-proclaimed 'God-man,'" Sri Satya Sai Baba, for nearly 30 years, suspects that the burglars sought his case-folder on the guru. Sai Baba's followers believe he is an Avatar, or human incarnation of God. Premanand accuses him not just of charlatanism, but of sexual abuses as well. 12:05 pm: "The Vatican said Tuesday that fewer witches were burned at the stake and fewer heretics tortured into conversion during the dark centuries of the Inquisition than is generally believed, but it also sought renewed forgiveness for sins committed by Roman Catholics in the name of church doctrine." Read more from Jason Horowitz's article, "Vatican downsizes the Inquisition."
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