The Brief The Clearwater City Council will hold a final vote Thursday on a controversial proposal to hand over part of a downtown street to the Church of Scientology. The church is requesting that the city vacate a section of…[Continue Reading...]
Matt Miller has reportedly decided not to step down as the high school football coach at McKeesport in Pennsylvania. This latest development comes less than a week after he supposedly informed the district’s athletic director that he would be resigning.…[Continue Reading...]
An Arizona Daily Star investigation found that a Southern Arizona religious group is making millions per year from its hospice in Tucson and Tubac, while former members complain the group forces members to work for free, including at that hospice.…[Continue Reading...]
Maiwand Banayee still vividly remembers the moment he entered a Pakistani refugee camp as a traumatised 14-year-old. The air was thick with the call to prayer echoing from some 40 mosques, blasting so loudly that the teenager's ears "nearly burst".…[Continue Reading...]
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have foiled a suspected cult initiation in Isara-Remo, arresting 30 suspects during a raid on an uncompleted building where the gathering was taking place. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in…[Continue Reading...]
Most people presume that religious institutions are safe spaces and that religious leaders rarely distort or weaponize doctrine for harm. This general sentiment persists, even among people who are familiar with religious corruption and the many wars, holocausts, hate groups,…[Continue Reading...]
In his new book, The Oracle’s Daughter, Harrison Hill ’19SOA traces the story of the Aggressive Christianity Mission Training Corps (ACMTC), a woman-led paramilitary religious cult that was founded in 1980s California before settling in rural New Mexico. How would…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Wednesday held arrest warrant hearings for three former senior officials of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a nonmainstream religious sect, over suspicions they forced followers to join the main opposition People…[Continue Reading...]
Four persons have been killed and two others injured following a suspected cult-related shooting in the Post Office area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The PUNCH gathered that the incident occurred at about 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, when a…[Continue Reading...]
A man who grew up inside the religious sect that inspired Netflix’s ‘Unchosen’ has lifted the lid on its ”rules, isolation and homophobia”. Ben Woodbury, 35, was born into the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in Windsor, Australia, before leaving the…[Continue Reading...]
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