PHOENIX — A federal jury in Phoenix has convicted two brothers of participating in the abuse of children connected to Samuel Bateman, the self-proclaimed leader of a polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border. LaDell J. Bistline, Jr., 45 and Torrance…[Continue Reading...]
COLORADO CITY, AZ (AZFamily/AP) — Two Colorado City men who are followers of the polygamous FLDS sect have been convicted of multiple charges after a years-long conspiracy involving child sex abuse that prosecutors say spanned multiple states and victimized nearly…[Continue Reading...]
The Madras High Court has taken a dig at the practices promoted by Sadhguru. This is after the father of two women has claimed that his daughters were “brainwashed” to stay at Sadhguru’s centre. What did the court say? What…[Continue Reading...]
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (WJAR) — On Main Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts, you wouldn't know from the outside but members of a controversial religious organization run several businesses including The Yellow Deli. When you walk in, there's dozens of free pamphlets, inviting…[Continue Reading...]
A leader of a South Shore religious sect will spend at least 30 years in prison after he was found guilty last month of raping and abusing two girls in the “tribe,” officials said. Nehemyah Smith, 37, was convicted of…[Continue Reading...]
A woman is speaking out about her time in a fundamentalist Christian group, which teaches that women must obey their husband's every wish. Rachel Lees grew up in a conservative Christian home, so was not fazed by dressing modestly or…[Continue Reading...]
PETALING JAYA – Some 108 people linked to Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) have been arrested to date by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais). Jais director Datuk Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad explained that the arrests were made due…[Continue Reading...]
FALL RIVER (WBSM) — A Plymouth man who is an “elder” in the Twelve Tribes religious organization often described as a cult is set to be sentenced today in Fall River Superior Court for multiple child rapes and indecent assaults.…[Continue Reading...]
SOMERS — A Burlington man sentenced in the 2004 cold case murder of Paul Sweetman, a reputed leader in the Brother Julius cult, died last week in prison, officials confirmed. Sorek Minery, 48, was serving a nine-year sentence for his…[Continue Reading...]
Maroesja Perizonius and Alice McShane’s impassioned, courageous, focused and confrontational documentary alleges the sexual abuse and rape of children in the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (AKA Osho) meditation communes in Britain, the US and elsewhere, in the 70s and 80s –…[Continue Reading...]
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