You're probably familiar with caricatures of the Knights Templar, a group of 14th-century militaristic monks. In "Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade," a Templar guards the Holy Grail -- the cup that ...

Three people, including an aide to state Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris, have been arrested, accused of operating a rogue police force claiming to exist for more than 3,000 years. The so-called Masonic ...

The members of the Masonic Fraternal Police Department – one an aide to state attorney general Kamala Harris – face charges of impersonating the police Three people in California, including an aide to ...

The Knights Templar originated in the 1100s as a military order to protect Christian pilgrims. Today, the Knights Templar are a Christian-based fraternal organization within the Freemasons focused on ...

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Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has claimed allegiance to the Knights Templar, which he described as a secret society created to carry out a crusade against Islam in Europe. Several ...

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