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Search expands for two missing Idaho teens, feared to be with the FLDS

Published June 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged FLDS, Idaho, missing children, Polygamist cult

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — The search for two missing Idaho teens, who are the subject of an Amber Alert, has expanded into Colorado and South Dakota. Rachelle Fischer, 15, and Allen Fisher, 13, were last seen on the evening of…[Continue Reading...]

Clearwater seeks clarity on possible downtown road sale to Scientology

Published June 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Clearwater, Florida, Scientologists, Scientology

CLEARWATER — City Council members agreed June 25 to seek a legal opinion on what terms they can attach to the proposed sale of city-owned land downtown to the Church of Scientology without opening themselves to legal liability. The request…[Continue Reading...]

‘Jesus of Siberia’ Cult Leader Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

Published June 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal conviction, cult leader, prison sentence, Russia, Sergei Torop, Vissarion

A court in Novosibirsk on Monday sentenced a Siberian cult leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ to 12 years in prison for harming the mental and physical health of his followers. Sergei Torop, a former traffic…[Continue Reading...]

Cults and Coercive Control

Published June 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized

For over 65 years, the Geelong Revival Center, an extremist Pentecostal network led by founder Noel Hollins, has faced accusations of being a cult. With Hollins’ death in 2024, the church remains under strict leadership, sparking calls for investigations under…[Continue Reading...]

Church of Scientology protest ban set for refusal

Published June 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-Scientology protests, Scientologists, Scientology, UK

Calls from the Church of Scientology for an order to ban protests outside its British headquarters in West Sussex have been recommended for refusal. Mid Sussex District Council's cabinet is due to make a decision on Monday about whether to…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow Daybell speaks with East Idaho News reporter Nate Eaton in jailhouse interview that will stream Monday

Published June 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, convicted murderer, cult deaths, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow

PHOENIX — Lori Vallow Daybell spent part of her 52nd birthday speaking with EastIdahoNews.com about a variety of topics, including her convicted crimes, her husband, the justice system and whether she would change anything that’s happened over the past six…[Continue Reading...]

Sex cult brainwashed me into being a ‘bride’ for a rapist… I thought he was God & was sucked in with love-bomb tactics

Published June 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, cults, deprogramming, Jung Myung-seok, Providence Church, survivor story

LIZ Cameron, 32, is a health sector project manager and author. she lives in Canberra, Australia. “As I walked out of the bookshop, a smiling woman approached. She was a foreign student studying Australian culture, she explained, and asked if…[Continue Reading...]

Cook County jury rules against Seth and Warren Jeffs

Published June 28, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, FLDS, Judgement, lawsuit, Minnesota, Polygamist cult, real estate, Warren Jeffs

Warren Jeffs is the incarcerated leader of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). He is currently serving a life sentence in Texas for two counts of sexual assault against a minor. He was ordered by a Utah…[Continue Reading...]

The Baileys: From medical doctors to germ theory denial

Published June 28, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Mark Bailey, mediacal doctor, medical neglect, New Zealand

They started as hospital doctors. Now they claim viruses don’t exist, chemotherapy is poison, and childhood cancer stems from parental failure. Sam and Mark Bailey have become evangelists of a strange new health movement aiming to sow distrust in conventional…[Continue Reading...]

What I Learned Growing Up in a CulT

Published June 28, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult survivor, cults, life lessons, personal story

I don’t remember the first time I realized I was in a cult. Like most things in childhood, it felt normal—because I didn’t know anything else. I was born into it. My parents were devoted, and in our world, the…[Continue Reading...]