Remembering The 51 Day Standoff In Waco, Texas – 25 Years Later

“The Sinful Messiah”

Photo Credits: The Waco Tribune-Herald

On February 27, 1993, the Waco Tribune-Herald began to publish a series called “The Sinful Messiah” written by Mark England and Darlene McCormick. The series alleged that Koresh has physically abused children within the compound and had committed statutory rape by taking several underage brides. He was also accused of advocating polygamy and according to the series, Koresh claimed that he was entitled to at least 140 wives and that all of the women in the group were considered to be his. He was rumored to have fathered at least a dozen children, and that some of the mothers became his brides as young as 12 years old.

But sexual abuse wasn’t the only thing happening at Mt. Carmel.