... under court order by local sheriff's deputies because of her monthlong religious fast.     Aquinnah O'Keefe, known as Esther, returned to Bent's Strong City compound in rural Union County last weekend. She said she was given another alias at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque during her ...
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Sunday, February 08, 2009 Woman Back at Strong City By Raam Wong Journal Northern Bureau           SANTA FE — She's been gone for days, but the woman they call Esther has returned to the Lord Our Righteousness compound in Union County.         The 25-year-old, whose real name is Aquinnah ...
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... the woman's half sister, a former Bent follower.     Bent's group doesn't know where Aquinnah O'Keefe - who goes by the name of Esther at the Strong City compound in Union County where she and 45 other church members live - was taken. O'Keefe was driven away in an ambulance late Wednesday ...
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... was sentenced Dec. 30 to 10 years behind bars for sex crimes against children.     Aquinnah O'Keefe - who goes by the name of Esther at Bent's Strong City compound in rural Union County - also told the Journal via telephone Tuesday that she will "stop sustaining her life" unless Bent is freed ...
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... was correct in saying the 67-year-old cult leader “crossed the line” when he allowed two teenage sisters to lie naked in his bed at the Strong City compound in rural Union County in 2006. Federal and state laws don't stop at the closed gates of religious cults or any other private property ...
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... prison because he would refuse to eat.     Church members live on about 200 acres in northeastern New Mexico near Clayton. They call their community Strong City.     In a posting on the group's Web site Tuesday, Bent wrote, "I feel that I have lost my will to live any longer in the world such as ...
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... and two counts each of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for two separate incidents with the girls. The incidents took place at Bent's Strong City compound in rural Union County, where he and about 45 of his followers reside.     Bent's encounters with the girls - who were 16 and 14 at ...
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... he can be released.     Bent spoke to the court before being sentenced and maintained there had been no wrongdoing.     "No wrong has been done in Strong City. The people that live there will tell you that. No crime has been committed," Bent told the judge.     "Nobody has been molested," he said, adding ...
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... he can be released.     Bent spoke to the court before being sentenced and maintained there had been no wrongdoing.     "No wrong has been done in Strong City. The people that live there will tell you that. No crime has been committed," Bent told the judge.     "Nobody has been molested," he said, adding ...
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... told him he was the Messiah.     After his convictions, he was allowed to return to the church's remote northeastern New Mexico ranch, known as Strong City, to await sentencing. The judge ordered him to stay there except for visits with his lawyer and appointments related to a pre-sentence evaluation ...
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