Stan's Bogus Masonic Web pages
By
Honorable Emanuel J. Stanley
Honorary Fellow of the Phylaxis Society
Assistant Director of the Commission on Bogus Masonic Practices
VOLUME 6
Update On The Fall of Dr. Malachi Z. York
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. "
Once upon a time hedressed in kingly robes and gave himself a multitude of titles to impress upon his members and the world at large his status as the undisputed Lord of the Nuwaubians. Convictedon Jan. 23, 2004, on charges of conspiracy, racketeering, conspiracy to transport minors for unlawful sex, transporting minors for unlawful sex, traveling interstate to engage in unlawful sex and structuring cash transactions to avoid reporting requirements. The 60 year old extraterrestial Dwight Yorkbetter known as Dr. Malachi Z. York now sits in a federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas. Having failed to appeal his conviction he has been forcedto swap his mansion for ajail cell andregal robes for prison garb. York was a true master con artist, had he not engaged in unlawful activity he may have reigned as God on Earth until his death.
But oh how the mighty have fallen!
The Honorable Ezekiel M. Bey, FPS, masterfully exposed the hypocrisy of Dwight York in his now famous series "The Fire & The Gold"presented in2001.From June 2001until his arrest in 2002 Dwight Yorkand his followers continued to debate with the members of theCommission on Bogus Masonic Practices in weak attempts tolegitimize their organization.
One of Dwight"Most Puissant Grand Muckity Muck" York's greatestadvocates Mr. Micheal Turnerwas even suspended from Prince Hall Freemasonry because of his Un-Masonic behaviour in being part of York's bogus grand lodge.
Despite his arrest, conviction, and failed appeals Yorks followers are still trying to resuscitate the near dead organization. Amidst the controversy and the revelation that his teachings were false there are still believers.Their websites are still available on the world wide web.
http://www.unitednuwaubiannation.com/
http://www.supremegrandlodge.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nuwaubiannewsGroup/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ALLEyesOnEgipt/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teref_rahotep_atun/
Ex-membersare speaking out. One has written a tell all book and others havecreatedthe Anti-NuwaubiansE-Group toopenly discuss their experiences.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Anti_Nuwaubians/
The purpose of this yahoogroup is to disseminate the truth about the leader Dwight York (aka Malaki Z York) and his group the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors. If you have been a victim of the Ansaaru Allah community and/or the United Naubian Nation of Moors, you are encouraged to speak and let your voice be heard. Lets finally stop others from getting involved with the psychotic Dwight York (aka Malaki Z York)and his dangerous cult.
This yahoogroup will include but is not limited to articles, web links, and most important information from ex-members and those closely associated that have knowledge about Dwight York and his cult.
Beloware news articles detailing the current status of York.
Sect leader's convictions upheld
Athens Banner-Herald (GA)/October 28, 2005
By Joe Johnson
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the 2004 conviction of religious sect leader Dwight "Malachi" York that led to a 135-year prison sentence on child molestation and racketeering charges.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision was announced without comment by G.F. Peterman III, acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
York appealed his conviction on several grounds, including claims that prosecutors improperly applied federal racketeering laws, the trial judge erred when ruling on defense motions and the grand jury that indicted him had been tainted by pretrial publicity.
Because of the publicity, York's trial was moved from U.S. District Court in Macon to Brunswick, where a jury convicted him Jan. 23, 2004, on charges of conspiracy, racketeering, conspiracy to transport minors for unlawful sex, transporting minors for unlawful sex, traveling interstate to engage in unlawful sex and structuring cash transactions to avoid reporting requirements.
The convictions were based largely on the testimony of former members of York's cult, the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, who said he began molesting children as young as 8 years old in New York, where the cult was founded. He continued molesting children after moving the group in 1993 to a 476-acre compound outside Eatonton in Putnam County, witnesses testified, as well as at the sect leader's mansion on Mansfield Court in Athens.
Former Nuwaubians testified York had manipulated the sect's finances for personal gain from 1998 until his arrest in 2002.
The Athens mansion was seized by the U.S. Marshals Service and sold at auction in August.
York, who currently goes by the name of Chief Black Thunderbird Eagle, is serving his sentence in a special housing unit of the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan.
Nuwaubian manor goes up for auction
Morris News Service in Augusta Chronicle/August 18, 2005
By Joe Johnson
Athens, Ga. -- The mansion's rank odor is as foul as the unspeakable deeds done there when occupied by a religious sect leader now serving a 137-year prison sentence on federal child molestation and racketeering charges.
Yet at least a half-dozen people showed up to inspect the palatial nine-bedroom house at 155 Mansfield Court in west Athens once owned by Dwight "Malachi" York. The U.S. Marshals Service is auctioning the house, one of two properties seized after Mr. York's conviction in January 2004.
No one has lived in the mansion for three years, since Mr. York's arrest in May 2002.
Two prospective buyers who inspected the property Friday - Brad Stephens, a Duluth home builder, and David Felt, an Athens attorney - were considering a bid as partners to repair the mansion and resell it for a profit.
The size of the 8,309-square-foot house might scare away buyers more than the stigma of its previous owner, Mr. Stephens said.
"I build $500,000 spec houses, but this place makes me a little nervous - it's just so big," he said. "How would you use up all this space?"
Mr. Felt agreed that finding a buyer might be difficult.
"You'd need to find someone famous, like an Atlanta professional athlete who wants to be on MTV Cribs," the real-estate attorney said.
The property includes 6 bathrooms and a three-car garage in the main house, along with a guest house and a swimming pool with pool house.
As mansions come, it is a definite fixer-upper, with peeling wallpaper, unhinged interior doors, unkempt landscaping and the pervasive odor of mildew.
The minimum bid in the online auction, which closed Wednesday at 3 p.m., was $420,000. As of late Tuesday afternoon, auctioneers had only two bids, the latest a $445,000 offer for the house Mr. York bought in 1998 for $528,000. According to the Marshals Service, the house is assessed at $840,000.
Mr. York, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., started the sect the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors in New York City in the late 1960s. The group moved to Georgia in 1993, with about 500 of Mr. York's followers settling on a 476-acre compound in Eatonton.
In addition to the Mansfield Court property, Mr. York bought the former Ideal Amusements building on West Broad Street in Athens for $385,000.
The government also seized the Eatonton compound, valued at about $1 million, and sold it in June to an undisclosed buyer. According to authorities, Mr. York regularly had sex with more than a dozen children at both sites.
Mr. York, now 60, was convicted in January 2004 in U.S. District Court in Macon on charges of conspiracy, racketeering, transporting minors for unlawful sex and tax evasion, among other crimes. He is in a special housing unit of the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan.
Demolition begins on land seized from Nuwaubian sect
Atlanta Journal-Constitution/June 11, 2005
By Bill Torpy
Demolition crews in Putnam County have started tearing down the Egyptian-style structures and housing in what once was the homeland of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors.
The 476-acre parcel was seized last year by the U.S. government after Dwight "Malachi" York, leader of the religious sect and a godlike figure to its members, was convicted of racketeering and on six child molestation-related charges. He was sentenced to 135 years.
The parcel near Eatonton, a little more than an hour southeast of Atlanta, was sold Wednesday for $1.1 million to a developer, said U.S. Marshal's Service spokesman Dave Turner. The new owner, Milledgeville developer Lawson Lawrence, plans to sell the property soon. He said the rolling land made up of pasture, woods and four lakes would be a perfect "retreat" for somebody.
Sheriff Howard Sills, who was York's nemesis during a lengthy investigation and legal battle, operated a front-end loader and tore down the arched gate to the compound. It came down easily. "Typical Nuwaubian style — stucco and Styrofoam," Sills said.
Sills was stationed outside the property Friday morning and speaking with relish as he watched crews tear through the series of obelisks, statues, arches and buildings. Many of the dozens of structures were weathered and in disrepair. He said very few of the Egyptian structures or objects were worth salvaging.
"It feels good to tear down the SOB myself," he said. "By the middle of next week, there will be nothing but a couple of pyramids. This place where so many despicable things happened is gone."
In 1998, Sills and other Putnam officials, who were then battling the Nuwaubians over a building code violation, received letters that York was molesting the children of his followers.
But the first victim did not come forward until 2001, Sills said. York was arrested in 2002.
In January 2004, a stream of witnesses, both female and male, testified during a three-week trial that York had molested them repeatedly over the years. One victim said the abuse started when she was 8.
Prosecutors described a culture in which York was the unquestioned ruler and was variously called Dr. York, Isa Muhammad, Baba, the Master Teacher and the Savior. He founded the organization in a crime-infested area of Brooklyn, N.Y., more than 30 years ago and moved the group to Putnam County in 1993.
The group built a series of pyramids, obelisks and statues and then got in repeated legal and zoning disputes with county officials.
At least 200 followers lived on the land at one time, with children separated from their parents. Witnesses said they lived in dilapidated housing while York lived in relative opulence.
Very few of the Nuwaubians still live in the area, Sills said, although about eight of them who live in a rental house nearby dressed in white this week and stood by the shoulder of the road in protest.
Former Nuwaubian writes book, tells how York duped followers
The Macon Telegraph/March 14, 2005
By Sharon E. Crawford
Robert Rohan says he begged on the streets for money and then gave it all away to a man who needed nothing.
And now he's written a book about it.
The 38-year-old New York native spent 16 years following the teachings of Malachi York, founder of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors who is currently serving a 135-year federal prison sentence for child molestation and racketeering.
Rohan said he left the group just before local, state and federal agents stormed the 476-acre property in rural Putnam County. He believes York committed the crimes he is accused of, although Rohan says he never saw any of that while he was in the group.
"I have no doubt in my mind that he did it," Rohan said. "A person who would lie would steal and a person who would steal would lie."
Now, Rohan has written a book - "Holding York Responsible" - which describes his experiences as a Nuwaubian and how he says York conned followers.
"Malachi York has a lot of charisma," Rohan said in a recent phone interview from New York. "There are people in life you meet who can draw you in with their conversation. That was Malachi York."
Rohan was introduced to York's teachings as a teenager in the early 1980s. York, then known as Imam Isa, lived with a handful of his followers in New York in an outwardly Muslim sect.
"My first thought was 'Wow, a black Jesus,' when I saw the picture of Malachi York inside all the books that he wrote," Rohan wrote in his own book. "So, it is only fair to say ... it gave me a sense of black pride and self-respect as I began my journey in search of knowledge."
Rohan soon moved into the community and attended classes on York's teachings. He said he became suspicious early on, but stayed because he liked the atmosphere of the black community.
"He had enough money to do something positive for the community, but he only thought of himself," Rohan said.
Rohan said he and others were forced to go out and raise $100 a day by selling York's books or other products.
"Malachi York became very wealthy," Rohan said. "If someone didn't bring the money in, they would have to leave the group ... that was his rule."
Rohan said York eventually moved the group to Eatonton when the government and longtime members started questioning his teachings. When the Nuwaubians moved to Putnam County in 1993, York was claiming to be from another planet.
"Malachi York came up with the idea to move down South ... because he was under FBI investigation," Rohan said. "He provided us as his followers the bogus rationale that we were moving down South to meet our spiritual parents. (He) always was quick to forget that he gave more than one reason for many changes that he introduced throughout the organization."
After moving to Georgia, York and his followers claimed affiliation with Masons and with the Jewish, Christian and Egyptian faiths.
"Once he started changing religious ideas, the older followers became skeptical and left the group," Rohan said. "That was what happened to me."
Rohan, who said he never actually lived on the Eatonton compound, said he became totally disenchanted with York when he learned the leader was having intimate relationships with female members - many of them were married to the male members.
"He would tell us that we couldn't have sex with our wives because we had to stay pure," Rohan said.
Rohan said he finally got fed up with York and moved back to New York to get away from the group. He left behind an ex-wife - who is still a Nuwaubian - and their three children. He worries that his children will believe York's teachings.
"We're all adults," Rohan said. "I feel sorry for the children because they don't know any better."