An Australian woman who was run out of Melbourne as a child due to her family's Scientology beliefs has died in Florida. Marion Pouw, 72, died near the Scientology city of Clearwater where she spent much of her life dedicated…[Continue Reading...]
A teenage survivor of the Shakahola tragedy gave chilling testimony in court on Monday, recounting how he was forced to abandon school and later endure starvation under the influence of self-proclaimed preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie. The now 16-year-old, testifying under…[Continue Reading...]
When TikToker Matthew (@matthewandpaul) was 10 years old, his family joined a religious cult. Thanks to his music, he was able to escape after spending over a decade in the cult. So, one day, his parents were invited to attend…[Continue Reading...]
What we know: FBI agents and the El Monte Tactical Team conducted a raid at a home located in the 7700 block of McGroarty around 6 a.m. July 25. According to authorities, arrest warrants were served for multiple crimes, including…[Continue Reading...]
Alex* was 19 when he started dating his ex-boyfriend, but what began as a promising relationship took a dark turn resulting in alleged physical violence and coercive control. "It was my first serious relationship. In the beginning it was fun,…[Continue Reading...]
The pre-arrest interrogation of former Unification Church Deputy Minister Yoon Young-ho, requested by the special prosecutor, will be held on the 30th. Yoon is accused of delivering a luxury handbag to Kim Keon-hee. According to the legal community on the…[Continue Reading...]
Charismatic preacher Noel Stanton, once a humble Baptist minister, built a powerful religious empire that masked decades of horrific abuse under the banner of the Jesus Army. Born on Christmas Day in 1926, Stanton began his career as a conventional…[Continue Reading...]
Barbed wire once kept secrets buried at Villa Baviera. Now, Chile’s government plans to open the gates—to schoolchildren, archivists, and survivors—converting the site of dictatorship-era torture into a public reckoning with overlapping traumas that still echo across generations. From Bavarian…[Continue Reading...]
It’s mid-morning at Humble Chicken 3.0, the chef Angelo Sato’s 13-seat, two-Michelin-star restaurant in Soho, London. Sato, heavily tattooed and with a mohican, is wearing chef’s clogs and an apron over shorts and a vest. His team of four sous-chefs…[Continue Reading...]
A small Christian commune that aspired to create heaven on Earth grew to become a cult in which sexual and physical abuse was perpetuated in plain sight. The Jesus Army church recruited thousands of people to live in close-knit, puritanical…[Continue Reading...]
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