BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Nearly every detail about the religious group Lisa Webb’s family belonged to was hidden from the outside world. Its followers met in homes rather than churches. Its leadership structure was hard to discern, its finances opaque.…[Continue Reading...]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For decades, a little-known Christian sect has dealt with its abusive ministers and spiritual elders mostly in secret, shunning legal action in favor of urging victims to forgive the predators in their midst. Forgiveness, however, was…[Continue Reading...]
Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy attends the probe called by the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality into his alleged abuses.Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News MANILA — Jailed televangelist Apollo Quiboloy on Friday secured an…[Continue Reading...]
Keith Raniere, the infamous mastermind behind NXIVM, a self-help organization turned sinister sex cult, continues to shock the public. While locked in a maximum-security prison in Tucson, Arizona, serving a 120-year sentence for heinous crimes including sex trafficking and child…[Continue Reading...]
An Ogun Special Anti-Cultism Court in Abeokuta yesterday sentenced a 36-year-old man, Oluwole Olushola, to seven years imprisonment for belonging to a secret cult. Olushola of no fixed address was convicted on a two-count charge of membership of an unlawful…[Continue Reading...]
Benyamin Ben-Michaeil, the father of Hannah Driver, discusses his relationship with Chloe Driver and his absence from her murder trial. Watch the video[Continue Reading...]
CANTON, Ga. (Court TV) — A Tennessee woman was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after being convicted in Georgia for the stabbing death of her 13-month-old daughter. In November, a jury found 24-year-old Chloe Driver guilty but…[Continue Reading...]
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A mother who was found guilty, but mentally ill in the murder of her 13-month-old daughter is set to be sentenced on Thursday morning. Chloe Alexis Driver, 24, was convicted of malice murder, felony murder, cruelty…[Continue Reading...]
The child sex abuse case against Short Creek polygamous sect leader Samuel Bateman, 48, took several unusual turns before it ended Monday in a 50-year prison sentence. Here are five things to know about the investigation. 1. Bateman broke away…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a polygamous sect claimed to have more than 20 spiritual "wives," including 10 underage girls. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison on Dec. 50 for forcing girls as young as 9 to perform sexual acts…[Continue Reading...]
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