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Blurring the Lines — For Star Stone, whose new show about surviving a sex cult, Cl*t Cult

Published April 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, Nicole Daedone, OneTase, survivor story

And that led me to write again. I began a new one-person musical comedy show called Cl*t Cult, about surviving the sexual wellness cult OneTaste, which I just performed at the New York Fringe, earlier this month. I reclaimed the…[Continue Reading...]

4 Cults That Prophesied the End of the World

Published April 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, doomsday cults, failed predictions

“I don't pay attention to the world ending. It has ended for me many times, and began again in the morning,” the poet Nayyirah Waheed writes in her book Salt. It’s a powerful quote about how things that can seem…[Continue Reading...]

Donegal scientologist involved in opening of new Dublin HQ

Published April 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Ireland, Scientologists, Scientology

A Donegal woman who is one of the leaders of the Church of Scientology in Ireland which has members such as Hollywood actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta has been involved in the opening of the new Scientology center in…[Continue Reading...]

TikTok influencer’s daring new stunt is a mad dash through LA’s Scientology HQ

Published April 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Scientologists, Scientology, Scientology run, TikTok

A bizarre new TikTok trend is sending thrill-seeking influencers sprinting straight into Church of Scientology buildings across LA — racking up millions of views while blurring the line between prank and trespass. The viral craze, dubbed the “Scientology run,” challenges…[Continue Reading...]

It’s not over: A sinister update on Sam Bateman’s group after the Netflix documentary

Published April 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, po.ygamist cult, Samuel Bateman, sexual abuse, survivors

As told through the new Netflix documentary, Trust Me: The False Prophet, Sam Bateman operated a polygamist Mormon sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). He took over after the founder, Warren Jeffs, was jailed…[Continue Reading...]

The rise of Mark Barclay’s televangelist empire—and the sex abuse scandal that followed

Published April 13, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged abuse allegations, Mark Barclay, televangelist

Midland-area pastor and televangelist Dr. Mark T. “Preacher of Righteousness” Barclay blasts the Holy Spirit into her forehead with his fingertips. The woman, eyes closed, falls into ushers’ arms. He moves on, occasionally speaking in tongues. “We’re in a Holy…[Continue Reading...]

Criminal coercive control bill to appear before South Carolina lawmakers

Published April 13, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abusive controlling relationsips, coercive control, proposed law, Suth Carolina

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A yearslong push by domestic violence advocates to criminalize coercive control is taking major step forward this week, with a state Senate panel ready for input on the issue. At 9 a.m. Wednesday, a Senate…[Continue Reading...]

Joe McCarron was ‘brainwashed’ to believe Covid was a hoax

Published April 13, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Anti-Vaccination Movement -- Anti-Vaxers Tagged conspiracy theories, Covid, vaccines

Una McCarron, whose husband Joe died last September, says he was brainwashed to believe Covid virus was a hoax. She made the comments in an exclusive interview in today’s Sunday Independent. When Joe McCarron lay dying from Covid-19 in Letterkenny…[Continue Reading...]

Scientology Accused of Unprofessional ‘Arbitration’ in Clearwater

Published April 13, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Flroida, religious arbitration, Scientologists, Scientology

Valeska Paris and Gawain and Laura Baxter have filed a court petition alleging that a 15-day 'religious arbitration' proceeding conducted by the Church of Scientology in Clearwater, Florida was an unprofessional sham. The Baxters say they were forced to participate…[Continue Reading...]

How one mom saved her teen from online groomers

Published April 12, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, Internet influencers, online radicalization, radicalization, self harm

Colorado mom Dana Grueser is still trying to piece together how her sweet son ended up on a locked ward screaming at her for being a Nazi and begging for his phone. “Yeah,” sighs Dana. “It’s a lot.” At this…[Continue Reading...]