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This is an archive of a number of online articles from newspapers and other sources pertaining to Peoples Temple and Jonestown collected by the Cult Education Institute. Beginning with a couple of entries from the immediate aftermath of the deaths in Jonestown, the archive includes more than 100 articles, mainly from the 21st century, and most focusing on the Temple's final days of existence.

The Cult Education Institute describes itself as "a nonprofit library with archived information about cults, destructive cults, controversial groups and movements," with a database of "thousands of files including news reports, peer reviewed papers, court documents, book excerpts and personal testimonies."

In the interest of preserving these important resources for future generations of Jonestown scholars and researchers, the managers of this site downloaded this page in its entirety in 2023.

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Catholic church used by cult leader to reopen in Guyana

Associated Press/August 14, 2015

Georgetown, Guyana  — Officials say that a Catholic Church once used by American cult leader Jim Jones will reopen for worship next month after being rebuilt following a destructive fire 11 years ago.

Jones used the Sacred Heart Church to launch his Peoples Temple movement in the South American nation. Catholic church officials eventually barred the group from the building after discovering that chicken blood and parts were being used in healing services.

The cult leader and his more than 900 followers then moved to a remote jungle commune, later taking part in the 1978 mass killings-suicide.

The church was later destroyed in an electrical fire.

Catholic Bishop Francis Alleyne said Saturday the rebuilt church would reopen next month after a $600,000 investment. It was first built by Portuguese settlers in 1861.

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