An eight-year-old child testified about his ordeal in Shakahola Forest alongside his siblings setting a grim mood that permeated Shanzu Law Courts. Under state protection, the child bravely recounted his experiences in a secure environment, highlighting the gravity of the…[Continue Reading...]
An eight-year-old child testified about his ordeal in Shakahola Forest alongside his siblings setting a grim mood that permeated Shanzu Law Courts. Under state protection, the child bravely recounted his experiences in a secure environment, highlighting the gravity of the…[Continue Reading...]
An eight-year-old girl watched "joyously" as her father was baptised into a faith that would soon convince him to fatally withhold medical care and await her resurrection, a judge has heard.Elizabeth Struhs died at the family home in Toowoomba, west…[Continue Reading...]
An eight-year-old girl suffered 'for days' after members of a faith-healing religious group – including her parents – allegedly withheld her lifesaving insulin medication. Fourteen members of the religious group, known as The Saints, are on trial in Brisbane Supreme…[Continue Reading...]
Shanzu Senior Principal Magistrate Leah Juma was compelled to adjourn the testimony of a key witness in the trial against suspected cult leader Paul Mackenzie in Mombasa. The witness, a senior consultant surgeon, provided an emotional recount of the profound…[Continue Reading...]
Leaders of a Jewish fundamentalist cult were sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for kidnapping two kids— including a child bride – then smuggling them into Mexico, prosecutors said. Three brothers, who are members of the Lev Tahor…[Continue Reading...]
Controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie leveraged technology and social media to lure victims into the Shakahola forest where they were massacred, a witness has told the court. According to a statement by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP),…[Continue Reading...]
Hundreds of victims of controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie’s alleged cultic teachings could be buried within the Shakahola Forest following failure to positively identify their bodies through scientific means. Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor on Tuesday hinted at the possibility…[Continue Reading...]
The police in Plateau State have paraded 178 suspects arrested over cult activities, kidnapping, trafficking, and unlawful possession of firearms. Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Adesina, who disclosed this yesterday, said out of the 178 suspects, 118 were arrested on July…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the world. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie…[Continue Reading...]
Links appearing on this site are submitted by users. The Cult News Network does not necessarily endorse or recommend the linked articles.
Not all groups called either "cults" or "cult- like" are harmful. A link on this page does not necessarily imply that a group is a "cult" or is dangerous. ---