WASHINGTON — The rise of a nihilistic terror cult known as 764 that blackmails minors into sex acts, self-harm, and animal torture has been unnerving federal law enforcement officials. Just last year, for example, the feds in DC charged sickos,…[Continue Reading...]
In short: Former Shincheonji members have told the ABC they were pressured into making significant financial contributions to the church to secure their place in Heaven. Shincheonji's Melbourne branch receives tax advantages as a registered charity. What's next? The Australian…[Continue Reading...]
A man accused of molesting a disabled boy whom he met while working as a Roman Catholic priest in New Orleans has been indicted on child rape charges, according to authorities. Grand jurors seated in New Orleans’ state criminal courthouse…[Continue Reading...]
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — At the end of January, several civil lawsuits were filed against multiple churches in the city of Little Rock. In all three, the plaintiffs ask for a trial by jury. The first, filed Jan. 26, claims…[Continue Reading...]
Browse through any streaming service and you may spot the fascination and preoccupation with cults in the vast array of documentaries on cults. Wild, Wild Country (Netflix), the Osho cult following in the US which led the largest bioterror attack…[Continue Reading...]
Shelley Bailey “Kat” Martin taught members of her secretive religious group that she was like the character Neo from the Matrix — awoken from this realm by God and transformed into a perfect being, according to testimony from a former…[Continue Reading...]
A joint investigation team (headed by Chief Investigator Kim Tae-hoon, Chief Prosecutor of Daejeon High Prosecutors’ Office) probing allegations of collusion between religion and politics will summon Ko, the former secretary-general of Shincheonji known as the group’s “former number 2,”…[Continue Reading...]
What’s weirder than Tom Cruise, a grown man, insisting that another actor plays hide and seek with him despite their clear protestations? The answer, of course, is Will Smith being there, too. It sounds batshit insane, and that’s because it…[Continue Reading...]
A TikTok video has become the most promising lead in the mysterious disappearance of six people in Missouri nearly three years later. The group, including two young children, vanished after allegedly becoming involved with an online cult known as the…[Continue Reading...]
Amber Dowding, 32, was axed from The Only Way Is Essex in 2018. But now she is “building a global haircare girlgang” on social media, though some people have branded her business venture a cult. Flogging haircare products, Amber posts…[Continue Reading...]
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