What we think of as “insane” is normalized within a tightly controlled cult environment. Often isolated and out of contact with family and old friends the cult member relies upon those around him/her to determine what represents sanity and reality.…[Continue Reading...]
Leah Remini, who is suing the Church of Scientology for civil harassment and defamation, wants to add to her legal team an attorney who has won a total of nearly $100 million for plaintiffs in sex abuse cases. Brittany Henderson…[Continue Reading...]
BERKELEY — Four adults and two toddlers who "vanished" from the St. Louis area in August were followers of a self-proclaimed prophet and rapper with a cult following, police announced Tuesday. In the months before they went missing, Berkeley police…[Continue Reading...]
(NewsNation) — Police are continuing to search for four adults and two children who vanished from the St. Louis area and were reportedly followers of an online cult led by Rashad Jamal. Mikayla Thompson, 25; Naaman Williams, 30; Gerrielle German,…[Continue Reading...]
A Kenyan court warned prosecutors Tuesday it will release under its own terms a pastor and others accused of being behind the deaths of 429 people believed to be his cult followers if they aren't charged within two weeks. For…[Continue Reading...]
Ervil Morrell LeBaron was responsible for the deaths of at least 20 people but allegedly never actually pulled any triggers himself. The son of a Mormon polygamist church founder, Ervil became the leader of the polygamist Church of the Lamb…[Continue Reading...]
While so-called “Johrei” purification practices have existed in Thailand for more than five decades now, the public knew little about the cult until the bodies of a mother and her 12-year-old daughter were found after an apparent suicide pact. The…[Continue Reading...]
When you think of a cult, you think red flowing regalia, white chalk round the eyes, rituals, sacrifices and chanting in strange language. But real life cults involve a more subtle form of manipulation, psychological control and influence. In most…[Continue Reading...]
BBC’s investigative documentary on TB Joshua is unhinged for many reasons, but one thing is crystal clear, the clergyman’s ministry ticks all the boxes of a cult. A cult is a religious organisation with unusual spiritual and philosophical beliefs. Followers…[Continue Reading...]
British members of a global evangelical church linked to Constance Marten have spoken out amid claims its leader raped and tortured followers, forcing some to undergo abortions. Dozens of former members of the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) –…[Continue Reading...]
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