On October 1, 1994, a tragic event shook the peaceful town of Morin Heights, near Quebec, Canada, when a three-month-old baby named Emmanuel Dutoit was brutally murdered in a branch of the Order of the Solar Temple cult. This horrific act of violence was ordered by Joseph di Mambro, a leader of the cult and a French Rosicrucian, who claimed that the baby was the Antichrist mentioned in the New Testament and had been born within his group to thwart his own spiritual goals.
The Order of the Solar Temple, an esoteric cult founded in Switzerland in the 1980s by Joseph di Mambro and Luc Jouret, promoted a blend of New Age beliefs, Christian spirituality, and apocalyptic elements. Its followers, mostly from Europe, believed in a global conspiracy and saw themselves as guardians of secret knowledge.
In the case of Emmanuel Dutoit, the baby was the child of one of the cult's members and became a victim of the dangerous ideology of the Order of the Solar Temple. He was repeatedly stabbed with a wooden stake in an act of extreme violence, with the belief that his death was necessary to fulfill the cult's mission.
This tragic event shocked Canadian society and the world at large, shedding light on the extreme activities and beliefs of the Order of the Solar Temple. As a result, efforts were intensified to investigate and combat the influence of similar sectarian groups in different countries.
Joseph di Mambro, the leader behind this atrocity, died shortly after these terrible events in an apparent suicide in a house in Switzerland, marking the end of his leadership within the cult. Nevertheless, the tragedy of Emmanuel Dutoit and other events related to the Order of the Solar Temple remain a grim reminder of the dangers that can arise when extreme beliefs and manipulation intertwine within sectarian groups.
Sect / Religion - 2 octobre 2023 - 
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