Current Events
Kenyan followers of the House of Yahweh believe in a prophecy that the end of the world began on or before September 12, 2006, and that members of the House Of Yahweh would have survived the coming nuclear catastrophe. The specific prophecy appeared on the front page of HOY's website prior to the date. It is also addressed in the publication The End by Yisrayl Hawkins. Recently the leaders of the sect in Kenya were arrested, and subsequently released on bail after giving assurances that they would refrain from inciting fear in the local population. Following the predicted "doomsday" date predicted by the Kenyan sect, leaders of the group have reportedly fled Kenya.
- The group claims that nuclear war did start on September 12, 2006 but that it didn't start with bombs dropping in the book Birth Of the Nuclear Baby: The Explosion Of Sin.
- In October 2006 a former HOY member pleaded guilty to injury to a child by criminal negligence for performing surgery on her 7-year-old daughter, which led to her death, according to authorities.
- On October 16, 2007 Yedidiyah Hawkins, an Elder at HOY and purported number-two spiritual leader for the group, was arrested for sexual assault of his 14 year old stepdaughter. During a forensic interview at the Abilene Police Department's Child Advocacy Center, the child disclosed that the abuse began when she was eight. Documents released by the Callahan County District Attorney's Office following the arrest allege that Yedidiyah Hawkins was preparing to marry the unnamed stepdaughter. Yedidiyah Hawkins was subsequently indicted by a Callahan County, Texas Grand Jury on December 12, 2007 and remains incarcerated while awaiting trial.
- On February 13, 2008 Yisrayl Hawkins was arrested and then moved to the Taylor County Jail on four counts of bigamy. His bail was set at ten million dollars, and later reduced to one-hundred thousand.
- On Monday, October 27, 2008, a jury for the 42nd District Court found Yedidiyah Hawkins guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The judge sentenced the religious sect's elder to 30 years in prison. A motion for a new trial was rejected by a 42nd District Court judge on February 18, 2009. Several other charges are pending until all appeals have been exhausted.
- On October 29, 2009, bigamy charges against Yisrayl Hawkins were dismissed after he pled no contest to child labor charges. Hawkins was given a fine and probation.
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