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Cult in new true crime doc has Hyannis ties. What to know about Twelve Tribes.

Published March 16, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged cults, documentary, survivor story, Twelve Tribes

A documentary about the Twelve Tribes, a controversial religious group with a community in Hyannis, is set to premiere on Investigation Discovery this week. "People Magazine Investigates: The Secrets of the Twelve Tribes Cult" will air Monday, March 16, profiling…[Continue Reading...]

Gloriavale religious sect’s substantial dairy farm run entirely by 14-year-olds, court hears

Published March 16, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child labor, cults, Gloriavale, New Zealand

The Labour Inspectorate did not investigate after hearing serious employment allegations in Gloriavale, including a group of 14-year-olds running a large dairy farm and girls working in New Zealand’s largest kitchen, a court has heard. A group of men and…[Continue Reading...]

Shadow Faith: Cult Crackdown in Juja Exposes Regulatory Gaps

Published March 16, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, government action, Kenya, sects

Dawn broke over Juja on Monday with the sharp, mechanical thud of police boots against a perimeter fence, signaling the end of a secretive religious operation that had long troubled local authorities. The silence of the morning in Kiambu County…[Continue Reading...]

Police arrest ‘wanted cult leader’ in Ondo

Published March 16, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrests, cults. gangs, Nigeria

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a “wanted” suspected cult leader, identified as Akinwale Tomiwa, who had been on the command’s watchlist for alleged cult-related activities in Owo Local Government Area. Tomiwa, reportedly the leader of the notorious Eiye…[Continue Reading...]

Juja Raid Exposes Dark Underworld of Illegal FGM Cult

Published March 15, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cults, Kenya, sects

Rain slicked the corrugated iron roofs in the quiet outskirts of Juja as the police tactical team breached the perimeter of what was supposed to be a place of prayer. Inside, they found no hymns of worship, but a sterile,…[Continue Reading...]

Police arrest 24 members of suspected sect in FGM operation in Juja, Kiambu

Published March 15, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, criminal charges, Kenya, sect

Police in Juja Subcounty, Kiambu county, arrested 24 people following an operation targeting a suspected religious sect operating within the area. The group was advocating, among others, the Female Genital Mutilation, police said. According to a police report from Abba-Salama…[Continue Reading...]

TWISTED YOGA I was raped at 15 in seedy ‘intitiation’ by sex cult guru who locked naked women in bedroom & forced girls into porn

Published March 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, cult leader, cults, Gregorian Bivolaru, Movement for Spiritual Integration, sexual abuse, survivor story

AFTER her mother had joined a yoga class, 12-year-old Agnes was eager to go along, too. The totalitarian regime of Communist Romania had recently toppled and many young people were in search of a spiritualism that they had been denied…[Continue Reading...]

Inside Michelle Pfeiffer’s life in ‘controlling’ cult which left her broke

Published March 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Breatharianism, cults, Michelle Pfeiffer, survivor story

Michelle Pfieffer has a long and decorated career in Hollywood but before she was Catwoman or a three-time Oscar nominee her days were overshadowed by a "financially draining" experience within a "controlling" cult. The Madison star previously opened about the…[Continue Reading...]

In Focus podcast | When a godman rules your life: In Conversation with Priyamvada Mehra

Published March 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, God Men, gurus, survivior story

Indians by and large are a highly religious people. But there are many other cultures that are as religious, if not more. What makes India unique in this regard is perhaps the abundance of self-styled godmen, and the mass followings…[Continue Reading...]

Yoga cult survivor who escaped before disturbing initiation shares red flags that alerted her to leave

Published March 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, cults, Gregorian Bivolaru, Movement for Spiritual Integration, sexual abuse, survivor story

The survivor of a Yoga cult is speaking about her horrific experience in a new documentary three years after the cult’s leader was arrested. Gregorian Bivolaru ran the ‘Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute’, a cult that would initially…[Continue Reading...]