The alleged ringleaders of a far-Right satanic terror network that encouraged children to carve symbols into their flesh have been arrested by the FBI. Leonidas Varagiannis, a US national living in Greece, and Prasan Nepal, from North Carolina, were named…[Continue Reading...]
On the evening of October 17, 2021, a thirty-nine-year-old woman named Taneka Gardner pulled a suitcase through the gates of a church in Montego Bay, Jamaica. She had been introduced to Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries years earlier by her…[Continue Reading...]
How did a once vibrant 27-year-old woman end up dead in a van with a plastic bag over her head and a suicide note by her side? Did Bethany Deaton really take her life, or was she murdered? And how…[Continue Reading...]
At least seven people were killed on Sunday night in Akpehe, a suburb of Makurdi metropolis in Benue State, during a suspected cult clash. Residents said the violence, which broke out around 8pm at a drinking joint near OxNet Water…[Continue Reading...]
Two bodies and about 57 indisposed persons were recovered from St. Joseph Missions of Africa Church in Migori County, western Kenya, on April 22, reigniting fears of cult-related abuses across the continent. The discovery comes barely two years after the…[Continue Reading...]
The founder of a Utah equipment manufacturer that generated an estimated $2 million in annual revenue was sentenced to 35 years in prison on April 28 for aiding self-proclaimed cult leader Samuel Bateman in transporting children for sex acts in…[Continue Reading...]
The founder of a Utah equipment manufacturer that generated an estimated $2 million in annual revenue was scheduled to be sentenced April 28 for aiding self-proclaimed cult leader Samuel Bateman in transporting children for sex acts in Arizona. Torrance Bistline,…[Continue Reading...]
The court sentenced the New Zealander on Friday to a partial prison sentence of 36 months for multiple sexual assaults and taking advantage of an emergency situation, of which he must serve six months. As he has already served four…[Continue Reading...]
Police officers in Malindi have arrested a pastor in the Chakama area over what the authorities suspect could be religious radicalisation. The pastor, who has been identified as Abel Kahindi Gandi, is now detained at the Malindi Police Station following…[Continue Reading...]
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has moved to crack down on religious extremism after cult-like churches started re-emerging. Speaking on Friday, April 25, 2025, during the Jukwaa La Usalama town hall meeting at Makueni Boys High School, Murkomen urged religious…[Continue Reading...]
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