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Monday, August 13, 2018

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Clergy Abuse	What we know so far about the grand jury report investigating six of Pa.'s Catholic dioceses	0
Polygamy Groups	Hildale, Colorado City make ‘significant’ changes under court oversight, report says	0
Miscellaneous	Notable compound investigations in New Mexico history	0
Scientology	Scientology is very worried about 75-year-old Efrem Logreira and his allegations	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	The Wild Story Of The Heiress Who Gave Her Fortune To NXIVM	0
Ching Hai	Vegan restaurants run by cult leader who 'speaks to God'	0

Sunday, August 12, 2018

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ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups	There is s simmering battle: several dozen haredi dropouts, young men and women who shed their Orthodox identity in their teenage years and are rejected by many in their former communities.	0
Agape Ministries -- Rocco Leo	Fugitive cultist Rocco Leo will not fight ‘noble’ devotee’s lawsuit, claims responsibility for Barnaby Joyce’s affair and other ‘disasters’	0
Scientology	If Scientology is hurting, have its ‘expansion’ plans slowed down? Here’s our assessment	0
Miscellaneous	Religious sect's new Swiss home prompts concerns	0

Saturday, August 11, 2018

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Psychics	Dixon psychic facing more theft charges	0
Clergy Abuse	How the Willow Creek Church Scandal Has Stunned the Evangelical World	0
Cult Education	An interview with cult specialist Rick Alan Ross	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Feds want to seize Nxivm co-founder’s upstate home	0
Scientology	6 Additional Scientology Horror Stories We’d Like To See Covered In A “Going Clear” Sequel	0
Miscellaneous	Why It Took Me Five Years to Realize I Was in a Cult	0
Miscellaneous	How Cult Leaders Use Music For Mind Control	0
Clergy Abuse	Megachurch leadership resigns to protest their church’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations Months after Bill Hybels stepped down in disgrace from Willow Creek Community Church, his successors have resigned	0

Friday, August 10, 2018

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Mormons	The LDS Church Quietly Doubles Down On A Controversial Gay Policy	0
Aum Sect	Believers’ path to blind faith in Aum	0
Scientology	Colombian senator asks defense minister to investigate Scientology over medal scandal	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Why the children of the wealthy are so vulnerable to the allure of groups like Nxivm.	0

Thursday, August 9, 2018

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White Supremacists	How We Identified White Supremacists After Charlottesville	0
Hate Groups	This Interactive Map Tracks White Supremacist Hate Crimes in America	0
Radicalization -	To Syria And Back: How 2 Women Escaped Their Radicalized Husbands	0
ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups	Dropouts from ultra-Orthodox life battle extremists in a divided Israeli city	0
Evangelicals	A Guide to the Evangelical Celebrities and Pastors Dominating Hollywood	0
Clergy Abuse	Here's a new list about where Harrisburg diocese clergy accused of abuse served in York County	0
Moonies / Unification Church	My life as a Moonie: Woman who grew up in the cult reveals her mom abandoned her family then married a near-stranger in a mass wedding - and sent her teen daughter across the US to help 'lovebomb' new recruits for the second 'Messiah'	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Inside the NXIVM Sex Cult’s Secret Plot to Take Over Mexico	0
Hate Groups	Guns, anti-Semitisms and Fake Kingdoms: Germany’s Bizarre but Dangerous New Cult	0
Miscellaneous	Cult leader says 'heavenly laws' directed him to take child bride	0

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

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NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	NXIVM exposed on NBC News "Today Show" (video)	0
Scientology	Fake medals and kiddie diddlers: Scientology’s cruise ship scandal gets even worse	0
Brother Julius	Warrant Unsealed As Second Suspect In "Brother Julius" Cult Murder Case Appears In Court	0
Miscellaneous	How Glenn Close’s Family Recovered from Years in a Cult-Like Religious Group	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Catherine Oxenberg Reveals How She Lost Her Daughter to the Sex Cult NXIVM	0
Miscellaneous	Elderly shaman tricked girl into having sex with him for 15 years while hiding her in cave, police say	0

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

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Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out	The book that explains through in-depth research how destructive cults manipulate and control people.	0
Cult Education	Video: "Dateline NBC" asks court expert and researcher Rick Alan Ross to outline the "warning signs" of destructive cult involvement.	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Keith Raniere’s attorney: NXIVM leader ‘never threatened anybody about anything’	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Inside the Tangled Web of NXIVM: The Surprising Players Sucked Into the Alleged Cult's Orbit	0
Miscellaneous	Kavonokia, Akorino sect members in jail for resisting polio vaccine	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Ex-'Dynasty' star Catherine Oxenberg on crusade to save daughter from alleged 'sex cult'	0

Monday, August 6, 2018

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Nation of Islam	Netflix Won’t Offer Louis Farrakhan Documentary	0
Neo Nazis	German court throws out appeal for elderly neo-Nazi who repeatedly said Auschwitz was just a work camp	0
Conspiracy theories	YouTube Is the Latest Platform to Delete Alex Jones’ Channels For Violating Its Guidelines The Alex Jones Channel, followed by millions of people, has been deleted from YouTube.	0
Conspiracy theories	Facebook removes Infowars pages, following Apple and Spotify	0
Aum Sect	Bodyguards for life for woman who approved death sentences for Aum Shinrikyo cult	0
Miscellaneous	BRAINWASH BRITAIN Sexually assaulted, told they’re fat and beaten with bamboo canes – Inside the British cults in existence across the UK	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Catherine Oxenberg felt ‘horrendous guilt’ after introducing daughter to Nxivm	0
Brainwashing	New Mexico: Police find 11 starving children in compound	0

Sunday, August 5, 2018

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Conspiracy theories	Grieving Sandy Hook Parents Say Conspiracy Theorist Tormented Them, Incited Harassment	0
Jehovah's Witnesses	Jehovah’s Witnesses refused to hand over evidence in sexual abuse case	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Dynasty Actress Reveals Fight To Save Daughter From NXIVM In New Book	0
Mormons	Mormon Church Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing Ex-Church Leader of Rape	0
Scientology	Outrage at GAA club over agreement with scientology centre	0
Scientology	GAA club accused of taking ‘blood money’ after Scientology-linked vote	0
Miscellaneous	Former Member Of Brother Julius' Cult Describes Life Of Manipulation, Fear, Abuse	0

Saturday, August 4, 2018

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Conspiracy theories	What is QAnon, the conspiracy theory group showing up to Trump rallies?	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Lawyers in Nxivm case to review ‘sexual conversations,’ photos	0
Miscellaneous	Cult members murdered and dismembered their ‘Chief Apostle’ — and scattered his body across Connecticut	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Understanding NXIVM, Group Critics Call A 'Cult'	0
Radicalization	How 2 Singaporeans got back on the ‘right track’ after ‘dark path’ of radicalisation	0
ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups	Lawsuit accuses New York state of giving special treatment to ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	'Dynasty' star shares fight to save daughter from cult	0

Friday, August 3, 2018

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Aum Sect	Court records of Aum Shinrikyo members will be stored forever	0
Word of Faith Fellowship	Three charged with trespassing at Word of Faith	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Prosecutors and defense agree on discovery rules for sensitive info [i.e collateral] in Raniere-Bronfman case	0
Miscellaneous	A Cult, A Killing And “Brother Julius”: What You Should Know About The Murder Of Paul Sweetman	0
Jehovah's Witnesses	Jehovah’s Witness leader urges elders to destroy sex abuse records	0

Thursday, August 2, 2018

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Neo Nazis	Marine with alleged neo-Nazi connections booted from the Marine Corps	0
ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups	Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israeli draft, scuffle with police	0
Clergy Abuse	Harrisburg Catholic diocese names 71 priests, clergy accused of abuse. See the list here	0
Word of Faith Fellowship	Minister files trespassing charge against NC candidate	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	Allison Mack's Smallville Costar Breaks His Silence on Her 'Shocking' Sex-Trafficking Arrest	0
Scientology	Colombian roast: Will Scientologists care about David Miscavige’s latest fraud?	0
Scientology	Scientology opens location near Leah Remini’s TV show offices	0
Miscellaneous	From The Archives: Cult Problems Grow As Following Shrinks	0
Miscellaneous	A severed leg led police to a Connecticut cult’s ‘chief apostle’ who went missing 14 years ago	0

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

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Clergy Abuse	Harrisburg Catholic diocese names dozens of priests who have been accused of sexual abuse	0
Moonies / Unification Church	Churches in fight over trademarked symbol	0
Word of Faith Fellowship	NC Senate candidate denied tour of Word of Faith Fellowship after bringing media	0
NXIVM -- Keith Raniere	NXIVM Sex Cult’s Disturbing Teachings Revealed In Explosive Tell-All	0
Scientology	Tom Cruise moving to Clearwater? The rumor’s back again	0
Miscellaneous	‘I thought the earth was flat’: Teenage girl’s escape from the Amish	0
Miscellaneous	South Korean cult leader arrested after stranding 400 followers in Fiji	0

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

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Aum Sect	AUM Shinrikyo cases still not closed: Author Haruki Murakami	0
Clergy Abuse	Victims of Montana clergy sex abuse vote on $20M settlement	0
Clergy Abuse	Guam archdiocese guts a former seminary to raise money for clergy sex abuse settlements	0
Clergy Abuse	Australian Archbishop Resigns Over Concealing Clergy Sex Abuse	0
Clergy Abuse	Pa. Catholic priest pleads guilty to abusing 10-year-old boy	0
Polygamy Groups	Escaping Polygamy: What is The Order?	0
Faith healing	State seizes newborn from ‘faith-healing’ Lansing couple whose baby died last year	0
Scientology	Scientology spilling the secrets of the universe on an LA street!	0
Mormons	Former bishop’s hunger strike puts more scrutiny on Mormon youth interviews	0