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Kenyan preacher captured on camera beating up his congregants like kids for staying outside during church service – Brainwashing is real (VIDEO)

Published June 25, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged cult leader, cults, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, physical abuse, video

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 - A preacher who runs a private church was captured on camera confronting congregants who were sitting outside while a church service was ongoing.Demographics In the clip, the pastor is seen abruptly leaving the church mid-service…[Continue Reading...]

Leader of secretive South Korean church arrested in election influence investigation

Published June 25, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged arrested, cult leader, cults, Lee Man-Hee, Shincheonji, South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea -- The leader of a secretive South Korean church was arrested Wednesday as authorities widened an investigation into allegations that he illegally recruited thousands of followers into the conservative People Power Party to influence elections. The Shincheonji…[Continue Reading...]

Will AI Increase or Decrease Conspiracy Theory Beliefs?

Published June 25, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, conspirach theory, conspiracy theories

Key points Several studies have demonstrated that AI chatbots can be trained to decrease conspiracy theory belief. However, other research has shown that AI chatbots can increase belief in conspiracy theories. The effects of LLMs on conspiracy beliefs matters less…[Continue Reading...]

Clearwater officially gives downtown street to Scientology

Published June 25, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged City Council vote, Clearwater, Florida, real estate, Scientologists, Scientology

After Clearwater Mayor Bruce Rector hit the gavel to end a City Council meeting Thursday evening, the audience in the Clearwater Main Library erupted in applause and cheers. Scientology members had lined up outside the library several hours before the…[Continue Reading...]

Leaked Documents Show Gabbard Family’s Deep Ties To Sect Leader

Published June 25, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Chris Butler, cult leader, cults, Hawaii, Science of Identty, Tulsi Gabbard

New revelations about former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard following the dictates of her spiritual guru while she was a member of Congress have resurrected interest in her family’s involvement with Chris Butler and his Kailua-based Science of Identity…[Continue Reading...]

Woman linked to cult-like group charged in 2022 murder of her parents in Delco

Published June 25, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, cults, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, Michelle Zajko, murder charges, Pennsylvania, Zizians

A woman who has been linked with a cult-like group known as the Zizians has been charged in the 2022 murder of her parents in Chester Heights, Delaware County, according to Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse. In a news…[Continue Reading...]

95-year-old South Korean cult leader Lee Man Hee arrested

Published June 25, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrested, culsts, cult leader, Lee Man-Hee, Shincheonji, South Korea

Lee Man Hee, the 95-year-old founder of the South Korean Shincheonji religious sect, has been arrested. He is accused of pressuring more than 50,000 members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus to join the conservative People Power Party (PPP) between…[Continue Reading...]

Member of cultlike Zizians group charged in the killings of her parents in suburban Philadelphia

Published June 25, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, Michelle Zajko, murders, Pennsylvania, Zizians

MEDIA, Pa. -- A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians has been charged with murder in the shooting of her parents at their Pennsylvania home on her 30th birthday, and a prosecutor said Wednesday she wasn't acting alone.…[Continue Reading...]

‘Salad bar extremism’: Montreal gunman’s incel manifesto ‘picks and chooses different grievances’

Published June 24, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Canada, Incel, Montreal, online radicalization, shooting

A manifesto left by the armed suspect who opened fire at a hotel on Monday and killed a Montreal police officer doesn’t explicitly mention ‘incel,’ but experts say the content is consistent with the ideology that’s rooted in extreme hatred…[Continue Reading...]

Brazil freezes $125M in probe of bank controlled by evangelical leader

Published June 24, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brazil, cults, Edir Macedo, government investigation, Universal Church Kingdom of God, V

June 23 (UPI) -- Brazil's Federal Police launched an operation Tuesday targeting an alleged financial fraud scheme at Banco Digimais and ordered freezing assets equivalent to some $125 million. Banco Digimais is an institution controlled by evangelical bishop Edir Macedo,…[Continue Reading...]