Raised in a Jehovah’s Witness family, the photographer and stylist Deimantė Rudžinskaitė-Ivanauskė spent her childhood in a radically religious environment which held that a secular lifestyle was a sin. Now she published a book titled Secular (Pasaulietė). “Driven by [...]…[Continue Reading...]
Where were you on Dec 26, 2004? On that day, giant ocean waves devastated Indonesia’s Aceh province, killing more than 160,000 people. Aqil Hamzah and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja revisit the disaster zone 20 years on to see how the residents have…[Continue Reading...]
Cult member Michael Goldman admits in interview that in the compound, from which about 200 children and boys were rescued, girls are being married off; 'We are marrying off minors, for sure'; Release of interview comes as 14-year-old girl gives…[Continue Reading...]
A retired army man has approached the Gujarat High Court seeking the return of his missing daughter, who has been allegedly ‘under the influence and brainwashing of priests from the ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) temple’ on SG Highway…[Continue Reading...]
Lori Vallow Daybell smiled in court several times during an Aug. 16, 2022 pretrial hearing. (Image via Law&Crime Network) The triple murder trial for Lori Vallow Daybell , 49, a “ doomsday cult”-connected mother of two dead children and two…[Continue Reading...]
Oded Twik emotionally described the most meaningful moments in the process of rescuing family members from the Lev Tahor cult in Guatemala. "We must fight with all our strength and never give up," said Oded Twik, author of the book…[Continue Reading...]
MANILA, Philippines—The year 2024 saw the arrest of Apollo Quiboloy for child abuse, sexual abuse and qualified trafficking cases. Quiboloy is a televangelist known for designating himself as the “appointed Son of God.” He is also the founder of Kingdom…[Continue Reading...]
The story of two cults who set up shop in a small Donegal village at completely different times has resurfaced online and people can’t get over it. There are countless stories in history of cult leaders taking over an unsuspecting…[Continue Reading...]
Authorities in Guatemala have resisted efforts by members of a Jewish sect to recapture 160 children rescued from its premises. The children were taken into care on Friday when police raided a farm used by the Lev Tahor movement, which…[Continue Reading...]
Members of the Lev Tahor cult on Monday violently attacked haredi Jews who came to assist the cult's children who were rescued in a police raid in Guatemala Footage posted on social media shows the cult members shouting "Nazis" and…[Continue Reading...]
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