When City Council member Mark Bunker was elected in 2020, he said it was the beginning of a shift in the norms of Clearwater government. He was the first candidate in decades to make the Church of Scientology’s impact on…[Continue Reading...]
One day last month, Judith Rotem attended the circumcision ceremony of one of her many great-grandchildren. The newborn is from the Haredi side of the family, the grandson of her only son, who chose to remain in the Haredi –…[Continue Reading...]
A Kent woman is making it her mission to warn university students and others about a religious organization she says covered up sexual abuse she suffered by one of its leaders.Anna Ciano-Hendricks, a former Jehovah’s Witness, helped organize a protest…[Continue Reading...]
A former South Carolina priest will serve more than two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to child sex crimes, the federal government has announced. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina said in a press release…[Continue Reading...]
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Brownsville priest was arrested on several trafficking and child sex-related charges, authorities announced. Fernando Gonzalez Ortega, 52, was arrested on charges of sexual performance by a child, sexual assault of a child, continuous sexual abuse…[Continue Reading...]
The former Cardinal Cushing Villa on Western Avenue, whose sale in 1980 sparked an uproar that drew national attention when the waterfront estate was sold to the Unification Church of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, has sold for $5 million…[Continue Reading...]
Though Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison for child abuse, rape, and arranging marriages between young girls and older men, many still consider him the leader of the FLDS today. Part of the FLDS religious…[Continue Reading...]
Recent research has produced a significant body of knowledge about the antecedents and consequences of individual differences in belief in conspiracy theories. What is less clear, however, is the extent to which individuals’ beliefs in conspiracy theories vary over time…[Continue Reading...]
Content warning: This post includes mention of child sexual abuse, family violence and suicide that may be distressing to some readers.Laura McConnell She had grown up in a fundamentalist sect with no official name, an ultra conservative cult often known…[Continue Reading...]
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