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‘Kissing Girls on Shabbat’: Gay ex-Hasidic therapist coming to OFJCC

Published April 25, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Sara Glass was only 19 when she married. As she describes in her memoir, “Kissing Girls on Shabbat,” she may have looked like a picture-perfect ultra-Orthodox bride. But inside, she felt shame, confusion and a desire that she couldn’t understand.…[Continue Reading...]

Children saved from cult church put under care of children officers, says Govt

Published April 25, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abused children, cult church, Kenya, St Joseph’s Messiah Mission of Africa

Migori County Commissioner Kisilu Mutua (left) addresses the press during a recent briefing. Photo: Enock Okong'o. Children rescued from a cult church in Migori County have been put under the care of children officers, the Government has said. Migori County…[Continue Reading...]

How the Quest for Significance Fuels Conspiracy Beliefs

Published April 25, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged appeal of conspiracy theories, conspiracy theories, research

Summary: A deep psychological need to feel significant drives much of human behavior, and can also lead people toward conspiracy theories and extremist beliefs. Drawing from decades of research and real-world examples, experts explain how feelings of insignificance, especially in…[Continue Reading...]

Members of a religious sect detained for an action near the “28 Mall” shopping center

Published April 25, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abdullah Hashim Aba El-Sadiq, Ahmadi Peace and Light, Azerbaijan, cults, sects

In the center of Baku, on Azadlyg Avenue opposite the 28 Mall shopping center, police detained two men who unfurled a two-meter banner with slogans promoting a non-traditional religion called "Ahmadi Peace and Light" (AROPL). The banner also contained inscriptions…[Continue Reading...]

‘How I Escaped My Cult’ Producer Reveals the ‘No. 1 Red Flag’ to Determine If a Group Is a Cult

Published April 25, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged cult docmentary series, cults, sects, survivor stories

Fans learned Jessica Joan’s haunting story about being “groomed into a sex slave” by NXIVM in How I Escaped My Cult. The Freeform docuseries' executive producer, David Karabinas, reveals the “No. 1 red flag” to look out for in an…[Continue Reading...]

Still no trace of vanished members of online cult

Published April 25, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged cult leader, cults, online cult, Rashad Jamal White, University of Cosmic Intelligence

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The Berkeley Police Department tells FOX 2 the six people who vanished from a St. Louis County home nearly two years ago are still nowhere to be found. In August of 2023, six people, including…[Continue Reading...]

Saskatchewan medicine man sentenced to 8 years in prison for sex assaults of women

Published April 24, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Canada, Cecil Wolfe, criminal conviction, medicine man, Saskatchewan, sexual abuse

SASKATOON — A Saskatchewan man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the sexual assaults of 12 women while under the guise of being an Indigenous medicine man. Justice John Morrall told a Saskatoon courtroom that it was…[Continue Reading...]

Justin Bieber’s former friend fears he’s in Hollywood pastor’s ‘cult’

Published April 24, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Carl Lentz, Churchome, Hillsong Church, Judah Smith, Justin Bieber

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 13: Pastor Judah Smith (L) and singer/songwriter Justin Bieber speak onstage at An Evening With Justin Bieber at Staples Center on November 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Universal…[Continue Reading...]

Shaman suspected of facilitating gift of diamond jewelry from Unificationist to Yoon’s wife

Published April 24, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged bribery allegations, South Korea, Unification Church

Prosecutors are investigating a shaman who went by the name “Geonjin” for allegedly receiving a diamond necklace from a Unification Church official to gift to former first lady Kim Keon-hee. The virtual asset crime investigation unit at Seoul Southern District…[Continue Reading...]

What’s next for Lori Vallow Daybell? Lori Vallow Daybell is facing another conspiracy to commit murder case out of Gilbert – where she’s planning to represent herself again.

Published April 24, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged Arizona, attempted murder, cult mom, Lori Vallow, third criminal prosecution

GILBERT, Ariz. — It’s only been a day since Lori Vallow Daybell was found guilty of conspiring to kill her former husband, Charles Vallow, but her legal troubles in Arizona aren’t over yet. Lori Vallow Daybell is facing another conspiracy…[Continue Reading...]