A comedian is warning Scots parents to be on the lookout for signs their children may be getting drawn into a cult. Spring Day is gearing up for her first paid show at the Fringe. And she knows only too…[Continue Reading...]
Virender Dev Dixit is an 82-year-old self-styled godman, formerly a Brahma Kumari adherent. He convinced some followers of BK that he was the second coming of or a medium for their guru Lekhraj Brahma Kirpalani, and went ahead to establish…[Continue Reading...]
A church in the small town of Wells, Texas, has been dogged by years of media coverage in which relatives of members and past members claim the group exhibits cult-like behavior. The Church of Wells reportedly has a lot of…[Continue Reading...]
We often get to hear news about self-proclaimed religious leaders who get involved in various types of illegal occupations. Today, we will talk about one such religious leader who had 79 wives. The man reportedly stayed in an American town.…[Continue Reading...]
This week’s episode of Reveal, a collaboration with the Associated Press, exposes the secret legal playbook used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—widely known as the Mormon church—to hide evidence of sexual abuse from law enforcement. AP…[Continue Reading...]
A cabal of teens. A secret ceremony. A ritualistic raffle. Then a human sacrifice. It’s not an American Bible-belt cult. It’s a growing “doomsday” movement among Middle Eastern youth. Five youths took their own lives in disturbing rituals in the…[Continue Reading...]
CHENNAI: A special court in Chennai dismissed the bail plea of Sakthi Anandan, the managing director of My V3, an online Multi-Level Marketing Busines The special court prosecuting the accused under the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interest of Depositors (TNPID)…[Continue Reading...]
Inside the group known as The Saints, everything was geared towards worshipping the Lord. They would meet once or twice a week, singing songs of praise and sharing a meal before being led by scripture from their leader, the “messenger”…[Continue Reading...]
WASHINGTON (7News) — It's a scam that reads like something straight out of a movie: false claims of psychic abilities, sex work, and co-conspirators claiming they're in a mob to threaten one of the victim's children. On Thursday, the U.S.…[Continue Reading...]
When I met a woman I will call Jenny, I was prepared for a tough story. Her physician had contacted me to assess her case and provide treatment for domestic abuse. “I have seen terrible things,” the doctor said, “but…[Continue Reading...]
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