COLUMBIA — A former Charleston priest who pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison. Jaime Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias received the sentence Feb. 8, roughly six months after he confessed in…[Continue Reading...]
America has long held a deep fascination with cults and out-there religious sects. We wonder how these groups manage to conjure up such power and influence. We watch as people (sometimes those we know and love) fall victim to a…[Continue Reading...]
A Superior Court judge rejected the proposed plea deal Wednesday, Feb. 7, for a “psychic healer” accused of bilking more than $85,000 from people through threats about their family members dying of cancer.[Continue Reading...]
"Phil, 20 years ago, early on in Remnant, you were the devil. You were Satan incarnate to the Remnant. Of course, Gwen was telling us all of that." Gwen was Gwen Shamblin, the controversial Christian diet guru who created her…[Continue Reading...]
Church of Scientology International leader David Miscavige won a round in court when a judge ruled he was not properly served with a lawsuit filed by a self-professed former friend of the late Lisa Marie Presley, who alleges she was…[Continue Reading...]
Perpetrators of abuse often isolate their victims, stopping them from interacting with the general population and restraining them from deciphering the extensive system of oppression in the relationship. Televangelist, creator of Emmanuel TV and founder of the Synagogue Church of…[Continue Reading...]
A FORMER teacher has told how she ended up in a cult for 20 years amid her family's fears she had been kidnapped following a trip to the Edinburgh fringe. Anthea Church, of Tunbridge Wells, used to get up in…[Continue Reading...]
A FORMER teacher has told how she ended up in a cult for 20 years amid her family's fears she had been kidnapped following a trip to the Edinburgh fringe. Anthea Church, of Tunbridge Wells, used to get up in…[Continue Reading...]
LOS ANGELES (CN) — David Miscavige, the second and current head of the Church of Scientology, is a hard man to find. Plaintiffs in two separate cases are trying to serve Miscavige with complaints and summons, but the religious leader…[Continue Reading...]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Editor's note: This story contains discussions of sexual assault that some people may find difficult to read. A longtime self-proclaimed spiritual guru has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women. Former members of The Movement Center,…[Continue Reading...]
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