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MAGA singer Joy Villa makes shock fashion statement at Grammys after messy break from Church of Scientology after 15 years

Published February 2, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Joy Villa, Scientologists, Scientology

Singer Joy Villa made a bold fashion statement amid her break from the Church of Scientology - with the message 'Scientology Kills' splashed across her chest - as she walked the red carpet at the 68th Grammys in Los Angeles…[Continue Reading...]

My life inside the bizarre orgasm cult

Published February 2, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged One Taste, OneTaste, personal story, sex cult

Ruwan Meepagala’s first involvement with an international sex cult began with a Ted Talk. Lacking in confidence from a young age, he’d become hooked on self-improvement videos online, watching them two or three times a day while eating lunch or…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-Shincheonji member says he was part of special team focused on recruiting pastors

Published February 2, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, cult leader, cults, Lee Man-Hee, Shincheonji, targeting pastors

A South Korean fringe religious organisation, accused of brainwashing members, is targeting pastors in order to recruit entire Australian congregations, a former member says. Shincheonji, which has been described as an "apocalyptic Christian cult" whose members will be saved from…[Continue Reading...]

The Screamers: the controversial cult that operated out of Donegal for nearly two decades

Published February 2, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, cults, Ireland, Jenny James, The Screamers

Researching for a new book is one of my favourite parts of the creative process. But, writer beware, it’s also a danger zone. I’ve lost weeks only to realise I haven’t written a word. I allow myself one month for…[Continue Reading...]

Spanish court orders rebel nuns out of convent – again

Published February 1, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged court ruling, cults, excommunicated, Order of Saint Clare, Spain

A Spanish court has rejected an appeal by a group of excommunicated nuns who joined a sect and were ordered to leave their convent, confirming their eviction, an archbishopric said on Friday. Nine nuns from the Order of Saint Clare…[Continue Reading...]

DEADLY PLOT Doomsday cult behind gas attack that left 6,000 injured is using sick tactics to lure recruits amid ‘mass murder’ fears

Published February 1, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aum Shinrikyo, cults, Japan, recruitment

A DOOMSDAY cult behind a deadly chemical attack is recruiting a new generation of followers – with fears of “indiscriminate mass murder”. Aum Shinrikyo released nerve gas on the Tokyo subway in 1995 – in the country’s most catastrophic attack…[Continue Reading...]

Former Unification Church Head Gets 1 Year, 2 Months for Bribery

Published January 31, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged leader convicted, prison sentence, South Koarea, Unification Church

Yun Young-ho, former world head of the Unification Church, who is accused of offering bribes to former first lady Kim Keon-hee, the spouse of former President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Kweon Seong-dong, a member of the People Power Party, was sentenced…[Continue Reading...]

‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse convicted on sexual assault charges

Published January 31, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal conviction, cult leader, Las Vegas, Nathan Chasing Horse

LAS VEGAS -- A Nevada jury on Friday convicted “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse of sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls in a case that sent shock waves through Indian Country. The jurors in Las Vegas found Chasing…[Continue Reading...]

Police Arrest Pastor For Allegedly Hiring Cult Member To Kill Rival Prophet In Bayelsa

Published January 31, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, murder plot, Nigeria, police arrest

The alleged plot was reportedly linked to a dispute over church membership and property. Operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested a Delta State–born pastor, Elijah Oro, over an alleged…[Continue Reading...]

Vidal Sassoon hairdresser who joined cult found dead

Published January 31, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, death, London, UK

AN inquest has heard how a Carlisle-born hairdresser who once worked for Vidal Sassoon, and later joined a 'religious sect' in London, was found dead by her brother at her home in Longtown. Anne Margaret Little, 76, died on Tuesday,…[Continue Reading...]