NAIROBI, June 13 (Reuters) - The death toll from a Kenyan starvation cult crossed 300 on Tuesday after authorities exhumed more bodies in a forest, in one of the worst cult-related tragedies in recent history. Authorities say the dead were…[Continue Reading...]
New details have emerged indicating that over 80 members of a cult who went missing from Uganda last month had been duped by their pastor of an impending doomsday and that they would only be spared by meeting Jesus in…[Continue Reading...]
Sixty-five survivors of a Kenyan Christian cult are facing charges of attempted suicide after refusing to eat meals given to them at the rescue centre where they had been taken. At court on Monday, the prosecution applied to have the…[Continue Reading...]
Lori Vallow Daybell, the so-called 'cult-mum' who was found guilty last month of murdering her two children and her current husband's former wife, was accused by prosecutors of 'twisting' a juror's statements in a 'misplaced' push for a new trial…[Continue Reading...]
Cults are fertile ground for endless documentaries, movies, TV shows, books, so much so that there seems to be a new Netflix show about one every month. But why? Our fascination with cults comes from the same place as our…[Continue Reading...]
Since March 2023, Mathias Shipeta has been at the heart of the Kenya starvation cult rescue operation. Pulling out emaciated cult members from thickets and losing some in the process has taken a toll on him. The cult leader Paul…[Continue Reading...]
Kenyan authorities will be converting the coastal forest where bodies of more than 250 people linked to a doomsday Christian cult were killed and buried, into a national memorial, according to Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki. Kindiki said the forest "where grave crimes…[Continue Reading...]
Nairobi, June 7 (EFE).- Kenyan officials say the toll linked to a Christian cult whose members fasted to death to meet Jesus Christ has crossed 250. Authorities have found more bodies from the Shakahola forests of Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast…[Continue Reading...]
The once-popular, pricey “orgasm workshop” OneTaste is now defunct, but its founder and a top executive were indicted Tuesday for forced labor conspiracy and forcing people to perform non-consensual sex acts. You might remember a late 2000s, early 2010s San…[Continue Reading...]
The founder of a wellness company focused on “orgasmic meditation” allegedly ran the business like a cult — coercing and grooming members into having sex with investors and clients for more than a decade, Brooklyn federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Nicole…[Continue Reading...]
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