A Boise Democrat hopes an apparent contradiction in Idaho law will convince lawmakers to reverse the state’s exemption for parents who deny their children medical treatment for religious reasons. An Idaho law on “desertion and nonsupport” of children and spouses…[Continue Reading...]
Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday after hearing hundreds of victims' accounts. Thousands of reports of paedophilia within the Catholic Church have surfaced around the world and Pope Francis…[Continue Reading...]
While plenty of people are praising Jinger Duggar for leaving her 19 Kids and Counting family's uber strict religious sect behind, there are a few quiet murmurs about just how much freedom she's found with husband Jeremy Vuolo. In fact,…[Continue Reading...]
Two suspected members of Aiye and Eiye confraternities were killed at the weekend while many sustained machete cuts in a renewed war between the rival cult gangs in the Ijanikin area of Lagos. The clash almost grounded commercial activities and…[Continue Reading...]
You may be familiar with the infamous Heaven's Gate cult who orchestrated a mass suicide in 1997 in the hopes of hopping on a spaceship to embark on a new life. But before the traumatic event, some of the cult…[Continue Reading...]
According to Scientology hope for humanity comes from submitting to "spiritual counseling" (aka "auditing") while clutching the cans connected to what Scientologists call the "E-Meter, which is a galvanic response measuring apparatus, part of what is commonly called a "lie…[Continue Reading...]
A missing aristocrat who is on the run with her rapist partner and newborn baby may have been brainwashed at a Nigerian church where “disciples” were allegedly abused by the group’s self-proclaimed prophet. Constance Marten, who has been missing with…[Continue Reading...]
Fiji’s newly elected government has launched a probe into a South Korean doomsday sect, after an OCCRP investigation exposed how the religious group had come to be a dominating force in the Pacific nation’s economy. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka told…[Continue Reading...]
EXCLUSIVE: MetFilm Sales has acquired world rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to Gloriavale: New Zealand’s Secret Cult, Fergus Grady and Noel Smyth’s feature doc about a notorious kiwi religious cult. MetFilm will shop the doc to international buyers at…[Continue Reading...]
As the trial of NXIVM mastermind Keith Raniere proves, the line between self-help and cult-hood can be a tricky one to parse, as well as a scary one to contend with if left unchecked. In her book Don’t Call it…[Continue Reading...]
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