In the hill town of Colliguay, Chile, a newborn was thrown into a bonfire in a November "healing ritual," because the sect's alleged leader, Ramon Gustavo Castillo Gaete, said the child was the "anitchrist."
Gaete, also known as "Antares from the Light," considered himself to be a god and believed the world was going to end on 21 December 2012, authorities say. Gaete had sexual relations with all women in the religious sect, according to investigators, and he is thought to be the father of the murdered infant.