Dwight York
| Dwight D. York | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 26, 1935 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Residence | USP Florence ADMAX, Florence, Colorado |
| Other names | Dr. Malachi Z. York, Issa Al Haadi Al Mahdi, and others |
| Organization | Nuwaubian Nation |
| Criminal charge | Rape, child molestation, racketeering and conspiracy, fraud |
| Criminal penalty | 135 years in prison |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Spouse(s) | Kathy Johnson |
Dwight D. York (born June 26, 1945), also known as Malachi Z. York, Issa Al Haadi Al Mahdi, Dr. York, et alii, is an American musician, writer, and convicted child molester, known as the founding leader of various religious/political groups, including most notably the quasi-religious cult known as the Nuwaubian movement, among other names.
He and his group were long based in Brooklyn, New York, where York exercised control over the community's sexual practices and claimed access to most of the women, married or not. He required members to sell goods on the street to raise funds; it owned an estimated 20 buildings. About 1990 the community left and eventually relocated to rural Putnam County, Georgia, where they built a large complex. York was convicted in 2004 of numerous counts of federal charges of child molestation and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act; he is serving a 135-year sentence. An appeals court upheld his conviction; the United States Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal.
York began his ministry in the late 1960s; in 1967 he was preaching to the "Ansaaru Allah" (viz. African Americans) in Brooklyn, New York, during the period of the Black Power movement. He founded numerous esoteric or quasi-religious fraternal orders under various names during the 1970s and 1980s. These were at first based on pseudo-Islamic themes and Judaism (Nubian Islamic Hebrews). Later he developed a theme derived from "Ancient Egypt," eclectically mixing ideas taken from black nationalism, cryptozoological and UFO religions, and popular conspiracy theory. He last called his group the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, or Nuwabians.
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