The Victorian government has announced a parliamentary inquiry into cults and “organised fringe groups” in the state, following revelations from several former members of a secretive Christian group in Geelong that exposed severe punishments and extreme teachings being administered. Earlier…[Continue Reading...]
On November 18, 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple, under the guidance of cult leader Rev. Jim Jones, killed themselves or were murdered in the jungles of Guyana. Five years before the mass suicide-murder though, Jones…[Continue Reading...]
Bishop Edir Macedo, a billionaire televanglist and businessman, has just listed his beachside Miami condo for a a cool $14.6M, down $350,000 from year a year before. According to Trinity Fi: “Macedo is currently ranked 1,901 wealthiest person in the…[Continue Reading...]
The Unification Church filed an appeal with the Tokyo High Court on Monday over a district court ruling stripping it of its religious corporation status that exempts it from taxes. The follows the Tokyo District Court's ruling last month, the…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX -- It's a complex case that led investigators from Arizona to Idaho and Hawaii, to unravel a twisted plot built on bizarre claims that the victims were possessed by evil spirits and that the defendant — Lori Vallow Daybell…[Continue Reading...]
Current and former members of a secretive sect operating in New Zealand are being urged to report allegations of child abuse. The FBI in the US is investigating claims of abuse at the sect, which has no official name but…[Continue Reading...]
Over the past few months I can honestly say there hasn't been a day that's passed where hasn't been on my mind. It's been more than three years since Elizabeth's life was cruelly cut short, in January 2022, and I've been…[Continue Reading...]
The harrowing case of Elizabeth Struhs has left child safety experts baffled, and in agreement that her death was avoidable, with allegations government failures are as much to blame as the 14 cult members now in jail. Elizabeth, 8, died…[Continue Reading...]
Meet Hannah, 37. She shares how growing up in an extreme religious environment shaped her identity and twisted her relationship with her faith. “I was raised to believe that obedience was holiness, that questioning was rebellion, and that my worth…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — In a True Crime Arizona exclusive, Lori Valley Daybell is speaking out ahead of her trial in Maricopa County, which is scheduled to begin on Monday. So-called “Doomsday Mom,” Vallow Daybell, has already been convicted in Idaho…[Continue Reading...]
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