The Public Security Intelligence Agency has extended activity restrictions against Aleph, the successor group of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, over suspicions it is concealing assets to avoid paying compensation to crime victims. The agency believes Aleph started hiding hundreds of…[Continue Reading...]
The police in Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, say four people were killed during a cult clash in Umuka, Nawfia Community in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesperson in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on…[Continue Reading...]
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — Court action has been taken against multiple people across three states for various offences related to Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH), the local conglomerate that has been linked to the banned Al Arqam…[Continue Reading...]
A litany of outrages defines this incendiary documentary about the neglect, abuse and rape of children in the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh “spiritual” communes worldwide in the Seventies and Eighties. Maroesja Perizonius, a Dutch former victim of the Osho cult’s child…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL – Jeong Myeong-suk, the cult leader who gained global notoriety for sexual offenses documented in the Netflix series “In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal,” had his prison sentence reduced to 17 years by an appellate court on…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX — A federal jury in Phoenix has convicted two brothers of participating in the abuse of children connected to Samuel Bateman, the self-proclaimed leader of a polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border. LaDell J. Bistline, Jr., 45 and Torrance…[Continue Reading...]
COLORADO CITY, AZ (AZFamily/AP) — Two Colorado City men who are followers of the polygamous FLDS sect have been convicted of multiple charges after a years-long conspiracy involving child sex abuse that prosecutors say spanned multiple states and victimized nearly…[Continue Reading...]
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (WJAR) — On Main Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts, you wouldn't know from the outside but members of a controversial religious organization run several businesses including The Yellow Deli. When you walk in, there's dozens of free pamphlets, inviting…[Continue Reading...]
A leader of a South Shore religious sect will spend at least 30 years in prison after he was found guilty last month of raping and abusing two girls in the “tribe,” officials said. Nehemyah Smith, 37, was convicted of…[Continue Reading...]
PETALING JAYA – Some 108 people linked to Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) have been arrested to date by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais). Jais director Datuk Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad explained that the arrests were made due…[Continue Reading...]
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