The story starts off in a typical fashion: a cult leader gains notoriety and wealth, purchases a compound, and fills it with disciples, primarily young women, who serve as his sexual subordinates. But in reporter Geoffrey Gray's twisty examination in…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)--As Monday marks the second anniversary of the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Unification Church finds itself in a difficult position as the incident shed light on the religious group's controversial…[Continue Reading...]
The Edo State Government has warned against unlawful gatherings by members of cult groups across the state in the guise of celebrating an anniversary on July 7. In a statement, the Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare,…[Continue Reading...]
A third-party insolvency monitor has put forward a sum of $104 million to pay the victims of sexual abuse by Newfoundland and Labrador clerics, but it's not certain how much money will actually flow to hundreds of claimants. A four-page…[Continue Reading...]
In recent years, The Epoch Times has amassed a large audience as a publisher of right-wing news articles and peddler of baseless election conspiracies. This summer, the conservative media company is hoping to conquer new territory: Hollywood. Epoch Studios, a…[Continue Reading...]
The journey was daunting — a 10-km trek from his village, a back-breaking bus ride and then a long train journey. But for Pannalal Yadav, a marginal farmer from Madhya Pradesh’s backward Damoh district, it was like a pilgrimage. “My…[Continue Reading...]
Benny Hinn is urging viewers to give financially for God’s protection in the coming darkness. In a recent message entitled, “Shameless Begging,” Pastor Benny Hinn discussed what he believes it means to reach out to the Lord in sincere and…[Continue Reading...]
Only 8 percent of "second-generation" members of religious groups such as the Unification Church in Japan feel the government's measures to protect them, which include banning maliciously solicited donations, are sufficient, a Kyodo News survey showed Saturday. Their plight has…[Continue Reading...]
Now that former NFL player Daniel Muir and his wife Kristen are in custody, details are emerging about the extreme religious group,Straitway Truth Ministries, that recruited Daniel Muir and his wife to join. Muir eventually became a pastor, and he…[Continue Reading...]
Rabbi Menachem Yaveh, 51, was arrested this week on suspicion of leading a cult in Jerusalem and sexually abusing boys who were part of the cult. Yaveh is a student of Rabbi Eliezer Berland and father of 17 children. At…[Continue Reading...]
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