Controversial prayer healer Tom de Wal was arrested Friday evening in Tilburg after holding a prohibited healing service at the Praise Church. A day later, he appeared in Eindhoven, preaching publicly amid protests. De Wal was initially scheduled to conduct…[Continue Reading...]
Heber Jentzsch, Scientology's longtime "president," died years after being transferred to a nursing home, RadarOnline.com can reveal. Tony Ortega, who writes often about Scientology, confirmed the news via his Substack Karen de la Carriere, Jentzsch's former wife, reached out to…[Continue Reading...]
More than two decades after Auckland’s Centrepoint community was shut down, one survivor says New Zealand is still failing to protect people from high-control groups. Caroline Ansley, who grew up in Centrepoint, is joining forces with other cult survivors and…[Continue Reading...]
In 1991, I was living in a commune with 200 other people in Japan, as a member of a cult called the Children of God, which preached that the world was going to end in 1993. Everything I did –…[Continue Reading...]
Joy Villa has opened up about getting up the courage to defect from the Church of Scientology after 15 years in its service, and not before being in the religious cult took a steep toll on her physical and mental…[Continue Reading...]
The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Elazar Rumpler, a senior figure within extremist haredi (ultra-Orthodox) cult Lev Tahor, to two years in prison and fines, following a conviction for a serious act of violence against a 10-year-old child in front of…[Continue Reading...]
DPP closes Shakahola case against Mackenzie, 96 others after witnesses detail decade of religious radicalisation The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has formally closed the prosecution case against controversial Pastor Paul Mackenzie and 96 co-accused, bringing to an end a…[Continue Reading...]
A joint investigation team of prosecutors and police probing allegations of collusion between politics and religion announced on the 7th that it would investigate not only the Unification Church but also Shincheonji. The investigation aims to clarify suspicions of financial…[Continue Reading...]
A federal judge formally charged Yoel Alter, leader of the ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor sect, with organized crime for the purpose of human trafficking, specifically forced marriages. Ulises Lara López, Special Prosecutor for the Investigation of Relevant Matters and spokesperson for…[Continue Reading...]
Tracy Parks was 12. Her mother Patricia begged the cult to let her leave. As the group screamed “bring the kids back,” Tracy boarded a small plane and vanished into the forest. Minutes later, bullets tore through the airstrip. Hours…[Continue Reading...]
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