Israeli police: Messianic prostitution ring nabbed

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say they have uncovered a messianic Jewish sect that prostituted women to “save Israel.”

In a statement Sunday, police said officers arrested four people on suspicion of coercing women into having sex with non-Jews and exploited them sexually by making them addicted to drugs and alcohol. The reasoning behind the plot was “to save the people of Israel and bring redemption nearer.”