In April 2023, Kenyan human rights defenders discovered a deadly cult in the Shakahola forest. They exhumed more than 400 bodies from mass graves. The pastor of the Good News International Ministries, Paul Mackenzie, had convinced his followers that by…[Continue Reading...]
A special counsel team indicted Han Hak-ja, the leader of the Unification Church, on multiple charges, including political bribery, illegal political donations and destruction of evidence, on Friday. Han’s detention period expires on Sunday. She had filed a request for…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a secretive religious group has announced he’s stepping back from his role, citing a “tough year” and “constant pressure". Wayne Dean, who oversees a church commonly referred to as the Two By Twos or The Truth -…[Continue Reading...]
Fée Larivière was married at 17 to a 42-year-old man and gave birth to her first child at 18. She says she was never free while living within the Mission de l’Esprit-Saint, a religious sect founded in 1913 known for…[Continue Reading...]
2 charged with stealing more than $600,00 in fortunetelling scheme Police say Gina Marks and Steve Nicklas of Jenkintown Psychic Visions told customers that they were cursed, and demanded huge sums of money and luxury items in order to cleanse…[Continue Reading...]
They’re not hiding it anymore. While Missourians were going about their lives, a network of white supremacists led by a Norwegian-born French horn player who once monetized his own sex tapes and a Hungarian jazz pianist wanted for attempted murder…[Continue Reading...]
Before the turn of the century (man, that makes me feel old!) I was driving home one day when I noticed a sign outside one of the larger Baptist churches advertising a new weight loss group. I’m always on the…[Continue Reading...]
Teen Girl Saved From “Manjuzu” Cult Initiation, As Epworth Men Jailed Two men from Epworth are starting a nine-month prison sentence after being found guilty of a shocking crime. The duo kidnapped a 15-year-old girl with the intention of forcing…[Continue Reading...]
He'd make things up that didn't happen. Then he'd get angry when questioned, as if remembering was an attack on him. Every time she brought up something he did wrong, suddenly the conversation became about her mental health, her past…[Continue Reading...]
A man who imprisoned and beat his partner, and forced her to wear a full face-covering to hide bruising, has been found guilty of coercive control, strangulation, unlawful wounding, actual bodily harm and fraud. The court was told 67-year-old Antonio…[Continue Reading...]
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