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They were charged with usury, fraud, heresy, sodomy, and immorality. Claims were made that during Templar admissions ceremonies, recruits were forced to spit on the Cross, deny Christ, and engage in indecent kissing. All seem to be false. But under torture, many confessed. Falsely. Nov 22, 1307 all Christian monarchs were told to arrest all the templars and seize their assets. A organization created by 9 knights to protect worshipers on the way to the holy land was ended by a bankrupt Pope.