For the past 30 years, Ahbir Ben Israel has led a precarious existence in Israel. He is at once a highly visible member of the African Hebrew Israelite community — a priest (“cohane”) who leads Shabbat and holy day services…[Continue Reading...]
Abe was gunned down in broad daylight while giving a campaign speech in western Japan, targeted by a man allegedly angry over the former leader's links to the Unification Church. The suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, was apprehended on the spot and…[Continue Reading...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s governor announced Friday that he won’t ask the state Supreme Court to block parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, paving the way for her release after serving 53 years in prison for two…[Continue Reading...]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania grand jury investigating child sexual abuse in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community has charged another five people with raping or molesting children as young as 4, the latest developments in an ongoing probe that has identified…[Continue Reading...]
The Japanese government is continuing to gather information on a group widely known as the Unification Church to determine whether to seek a court order to disband the group as a religious corporation. The group, now also known as the…[Continue Reading...]
IDAHO, USA — Almost two months after a jury found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty on all counts, her brother and uncle are writing a book and doing a podcast about what led to her conviction. Daybell was found guilty of…[Continue Reading...]
ON NOVEMBER 2021, hundreds of QAnon’s most ardent believers gathered at Dallas, Texas’ Dealey Plaza to await the dramatic return of John F. Kennedy, Jr., who died in a tragic plane crash at Martha’s Vineyard more than two decades ago.…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a QAnon cult who convinced thousands of people that former president John F. Kennedy and his son JFK, Jr. are still alive has died, VICE News can exclusively report. Michael Protzman, 60, died last Friday in the…[Continue Reading...]
Editor’s note: This article has been updated and reflects a statement provided to PEOPLE by the Church of Scientology and other reporting. Shelly Miscavige has sparked intrigue for years. She married David Miscavige in 1982 and they rose together in…[Continue Reading...]
DULUTH — Forty wooded acres of Grand Marais land owned by a business connected to a controversial religious faction is for sale. To the dismay of area residents, the land, listed for $189,000, has for several years been owned by…[Continue Reading...]
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