A controversial Christian church at the center of investigations into excommunication and rigid control of its members is finding a foothold in the Philadelphia suburbs. The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church has about 54,000 members worldwide and a history shy of…[Continue Reading...]
Theophila Pratt is reclaiming her life – fighting back against the legacy of her brutally confining and abusive childhood in the West Coast fundamentalist cult of Gloriavale. The ability to appreciate the smallest of life’s freedoms and not to take…[Continue Reading...]
A sex cult leader who brainwashed and abused children can be moved to an open prison, the Parole Board has said. Colin Batley was jailed in 2011 after being found guilty of 35 offences relating to being a molester and…[Continue Reading...]
Lori Vallow Daybell represented herself at a pretrial hearing ahead of her murder trial in Arizona, but how well did she do? (3/19/25) MORE Watch video report[Continue Reading...]
This is the second installment of a series that examines the scars left by the Aum Supreme Truth cult’s chemical attack on the Tokyo subway system on March 20, 1995, and explores the lessons learned from that tragedy. Shozo Jin…[Continue Reading...]
This is part one of a multi-part W5 investigation that follows Jeff Divine and Canadian Shaleia Divine, the leaders of the Twin Flames Universe – a controversial spiritual group. Angie Moggy spent 4 years of her life inside Twin Flames…[Continue Reading...]
We cannot forget the day in 1995 when a terrorist attack in the nation’s capital abruptly and tragically shattered so many lives. March 20 marks the 30th anniversary of the sarin nerve gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo -- Japan on Thursday marked the 30th anniversary of the nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, with the relatives of the victims striving to keep alive the memory of the worst…[Continue Reading...]
( NewsNation ) — Lori Vallow , already convicted of the deaths of her children , Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, and conspiracy in the death of her husband’s former wife, Tammy Daybell, is now set to stand trial in…[Continue Reading...]
ALBANY — More than half of the human trafficking survivors referred to state social services offices did not contact them, an audit from New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office found. Released Wednesday, the audit determined that administrative failings have undermined…[Continue Reading...]
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