Kenyan cult leader who killed 190 children sentenced to 200 years in prison The Paul McKenzie case shocked the public in 2023 when police began finding bodies in the Shakhula forest. Mackenzie was the leader of the Doomsday religious sect he founded. The pastor urged followers to starve themselves to "meet Jesus" before the end of the world. He also banned treatment in hospitals and sending children to school. In 2019, the sect members moved to the forest, where a "hierarchy of death" was in force: children were the first to die of hunger, then teenagers, women and finally men. Survivors said that the deaths in the forest were celebrated as "weddings with Jesus" and those who died were considered "heroes of the faith". The court sentenced McKenzie to 200 years in prison - 100 years each for murders by forced starvation and murders by beating, strangulation and head injuries for trying to escape or eat. Along with McKenzie, 28 of his accomplices received various prison sentences today. Legal proceedings are ongoing as a total of 429 bodies have been exhumed. The world is burning, and we are in Zen.

Kenyan cult leader who killed 190 children sentenced to 200 years in prison The Paul McKenzie case shocked the public in 2023 when police began finding bodies in the Shakhula forest. Mackenzie was the leader of the Doomsday religious sect he founded. The pastor urged followers to starve themselves to "meet Jesus" before the end of the world. He also banned treatment in hospitals and sending children to school. In 2019, the sect members moved to the forest, where a "hierarchy of death" was in force: children were the first to die of hunger, then teenagers, women and finally men. Survivors said that the deaths in the forest were celebrated as "weddings with Jesus" and those who died were considered "heroes of the faith". The court sentenced McKenzie to 200 years in prison - 100 years each for murders by forced starvation and murders by beating, strangulation and head injuries for trying to escape or eat. Along with McKenzie, 28 of his accomplices received various prison sentences today. Legal proceedings are ongoing as a total of 429 bodies have been exhumed. The world is burning, and we are in Zen.