Category: Cult Crimes

Guatemala authorities raid ultra-orthodox Jewish sect’s compound after report of abuse

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GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan authorities searched the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect Friday, taking at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody after reports of abuse. Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez said the National Civil Police and…[Continue Reading...]

Listen: How a Utah couple brought down a ‘prophet’ and how The Tribune reported it

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Samuel Bateman, a self-declared prophet, was recently sentenced to 50 years in federal prison after acknowledging in a plea agreement that he had spiritually married 20 wives, including 10 underage girls. His intent in marrying the children, he admitted, “was…[Continue Reading...]

900+ abusers, survivors spanning globe documented in Christian sect known as ‘The Way’

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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...]

I know my neighbour’s in a CULT run by a convicted sex offender – his job is ringing major alarm bells

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The woman, who identified herself as just Joanne, wrote in to Katherine Ryan's Telling Everybody Everything podcast for advice on the person living next door to her. While she refused to confirm her neighbour's gender for privacy issues, she decided…[Continue Reading...]

Survivors seek a reckoning as FBI investigates child sex abuse in little-known Christian sect

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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...]

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on a child sex abuse crisis inside a secretive Christian sect

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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...]

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