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M’sian Says Longtime Friendship Got Strained After Friend Kept Pressuring Him To Buy MLM Products

Published July 2, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged losing a friend to MLM, MLM, multi-level mareting

If you’re not familiar with what or how Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) works, it’s a business model where salespeople sell products directly to consumers and earn commissions by recruiting others to do the same. One man lamented how this seemingly innocent…[Continue Reading...]

The Onion’s new parody of Alex Jones’ Infowars starts with $100,000 to Sandy Hook families

Published July 2, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, bankruptcy liquidation, InfoWars, The Oncion

The satirical news site The Onion isn’t waiting to take possession of Infowars to launch a parody of Alex Jones ’ conspiracy platform. More than a year after first trying to buy Infowars, The Onion on Thursday will debut a…[Continue Reading...]

Kogi Varsity intensifies anti-cultism campaigns, campus safety, with 2 new patrol vehicles

Published July 2, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, gangs, Nigeria

The Vice-Chancellor of Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Professor Salisu Ogbo Usman, has strengthened the University’s security architecture with the donation of two (2) branded operational vehicles to security agencies to support anti-cultism operations and enhance safety on campus and…[Continue Reading...]

Breakaway Catholic group excommunicated after defying warnings from Pope Leo

Published July 2, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged excommunication, Roman Catholic Church, Society of Saint Pius X, SSPX

Rome — The Vatican announced Thursday that priests and members of a breakaway Catholic group that ordained four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo XIV’s wishes are in schism and excommunicated. The Society of Saint Pius X, an ultra-traditionalist…[Continue Reading...]

Clearwater City Council candidate loses endorsement over Garden Avenue fallout

Published July 2, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged city council, Clearwater, Florida, Scientologists, Scientology

A Clearwater City Council member rescinded his endorsement of a candidate after a tense back-and-forth with her husband, a Pinellas County commissioner, about the council’s vote last week to give a stretch of public roadway to the Church of Scientology.…[Continue Reading...]

Archdiocese of San Francisco reaches landmark $395M settlement for child sex abuse survivors

Published July 2, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Diocese of San Francisco, Romant Catholic Church, settlement, sexual abuse victims

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A historic $395 million settlement has been reached between the Archdiocese of San Francisco and hundreds of survivors who accused the church of childhood sexual abuse. The settlement will compensate more than 500 survivors, many of…[Continue Reading...]

Editorial: The Unification Church dissolution ruling in Japan solves nothing by itself

Published June 30, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged church dissolution, cults, Japan, Unification Church, victims compensation

The dissolution order against the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as the Unification Church, has been finalized. Japan's Supreme Court dismissed the group's special appeal and upheld the Tokyo High Court decision ordering its dissolution. But…[Continue Reading...]

‘Same old stuff’: Gloriavale leaver raises concerns with new doco series

Published June 30, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged abuse, cults, Gloriavale, New Zealand

A Gloriavale leaver says he doesn't think a new documentary is neutral, and is borderline sympathetic to the cult. The West Coast religious sect has granted documentary producer Dame Julie Christie rare access for new series, Devotion: The Gloriavale Story.…[Continue Reading...]

Cult leader and wife guilty over death of woman whose body was pulled from harbour

Published June 30, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal conviction, cult leader, cults, Kaixiao Liu, New Zealand, The Ark

The leader of a religious cult and his wife have been found guilty of all charges in relation to the death of a woman who had travelled to New Zealand to seek religious teaching. It has been 840 days since…[Continue Reading...]

Good-faith lawsuit? LDS church in fight with podcaster over Mormon name

Published June 30, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Mormons Tagged John Duhlin, lawsuit, LDS, Mormon Church, podcaster

Trademark changes and copyright infringement disputes take many forms. Dunkin’ Donuts changed its name to Dunkin’ because Donuts did not suggest the vigorous, on-the-go attitude the coffee company wants to project. But what happens when a church changes its name,…[Continue Reading...]