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Polygamist learns fate for ordering husband and four lovers to kidnap, torture other boyfriend

Published May 22, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal conviction, cult leader, Martina Esqueda, Ohio, polygamist, prison sentence

A twisted Ohio polygamist has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for ordering her husband and four of her lovers to torture another one of her boyfriends in a sick revenge plot. Martina Esqueda, 29, was slapped with the…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-Mormon bishop in Livermore charged with sexually assaulting boys over decade

Published May 22, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse, Mormons Tagged Bishop, California, child abuse, LDS, Michael Delar Morris, Mormon Church, sexuala abuse

Michael Delar Morris, 76, led a young men’s group at the Livermore church and also served as a Boy Scout leader. Prosecutors say the allegations involve multiple victims and date back to the 1990s and early 2000s. Charges span a…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church faces renewed public scrutiny over land deals and political ties

Published May 22, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, government investigation, South Korea, Unification Church

On April 28, 2026, the Seoul High Court extended the prison sentence for former First Lady Kim Keon-hee to four years on corruption charges for accepting luxury gifts allegedly provided by the Unification Church in exchange for political favors. The…[Continue Reading...]

Petition to limit Scientology development fails

Published May 22, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Clearwater, development, Florida, real estate, Scientologists, Scientology

Clearwater City Council rejected a petition to prevent the Church of Scientology from building L. Ron Hubbard Hall downtown. It could pave the way for construction. Watych video report at link below[Continue Reading...]

Germany ends decades-long surveillance of the Church of Scientology

Published May 22, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Germany, Scientologists, Scientology

The Church of Scientology is heralding what it says is the end of Germany’s open antagonism toward the religion, its members and its leadership: a campaign that included widespread surveillance and even an effort to ban Scientology outright. In an…[Continue Reading...]

New Jersey ‘prophet’ controlled members through fear, sex: Indictment

Published May 22, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged abuse, criminal charges, cult leader, cults, fraud, Jesus is Lord by the Holy Ghost, New Jersey, Treva Edwards

A New Jersey man accused of being a cult leader controlled members through fear, starvation, forced labor, and sex for more than a decade, and has continued to exert his control over some of them even behind bars, prosecutors allege…[Continue Reading...]

‘I was in the infamous NXIVM cult – even when I was branded I didn’t leave’

Published May 22, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, cults, Keith Raniere, NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson, survivor story

Sarah Edmondson is a normal working mum. She spends her days rushing around after her sons Troy, 11, and seven-year-old Ace, taking them to baseball games and working on her podcast with her husband. However, a trace of her former…[Continue Reading...]

Ecuador rescues six foreign minors from Jewish sect

Published May 21, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrests, child abuse, cults, Ecuador, Lev Tahor

ECUADOR - Police in Ecuador rescued six foreign minors who were victims of a human trafficking network allegedly linked to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor, the interior ministry reported Tuesday. The Lev Tahor sect, which practices a form of…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church liquidator begins accepting claims

Published May 21, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, Jeon Seong-bae criminal conviction, prison sentence, South Korea, Unificaation Church

Jeon Seong-bae, known as "Geonjin," who was indicted on charges of colluding with Kim Keon-hee to receive money and valuables from the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (Unification Church) along with requests to handle church agenda items, was…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church liquidator begins accepting claims

Published May 21, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized

The liquidator of the Unification Church, a controversial religious group that has been ordered to disband, on Wednesday began accepting claims from victims who were forced to make large donations to the group. The claims of losses will be accepted…[Continue Reading...]