A cult leader in Kenya was charged with murder after the discovery last year of more than 400 bodies in a remote forest. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to journalist Carey Baraka about the case. Listen to the broadcast.[Continue Reading...]
The Synanon was a community founded by Charles E. “Chuck” Dederich in 1958. After being a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, a rehabilitation group for people suffering from alcohol abuse, Charles decided to start a community of his own for people…[Continue Reading...]
A court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa has allowed cult leader Paul Mackenzie to meet his wife, Rhodah Mumbua, in prison under strict supervision from the authorities. Mackenzie pleaded with the court to order the authorities at Shimo La…[Continue Reading...]
A man has been accused of procuring a 13-year-old child to have sex with him just months after all charges in an alleged BDSM sex cult case were dropped. James-Robert Davis, 43, appeared in Waverley Court via audiovisual link on…[Continue Reading...]
AN apostolic sect cult leader, Ishmael Chokurongerwa has finally been granted US$1 000 bail by the High Court after languishing in jail for nearly two months following his arrest for breaching the Burial and Children’s Act, respectively. Chokurongerwa (54), popularly…[Continue Reading...]
Trans woman Yaya DeCloud, 42, spent the first 19 years of her life living in a commune ruled by religious extremism and cut off from society by her cult leader father. Living in the compound of 30 people known as the 'DeCloud…[Continue Reading...]
Former members of a secretive sect under investigation by the FBI for historical child sexual abuse warn it is a highly controlling and insular group with many unwritten rules. The religious group has about 2500 members and 60 ministers in…[Continue Reading...]
In Netflix’s ‘The Doomsday Cult of Antares de la Luz,’ numerous former members of the religious sect led by Antares de la Luz in Chile share their experiences. Court recordings of their testimonies have been utilized to construct a comprehensive timeline…[Continue Reading...]
Awka—THE member representing Awka 1 state constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Henry Mbachu has said no fewer than 34 persons were killed during cult-related clashes in Awka in the last three weeks. The lawmaker said it was…[Continue Reading...]
REELING from 150 blows with a wooden paddle, 10-year-old Justin Miller felt blood trickle down his leg and turned to his mum with pleading eyes. But mum Carol returned his pleas with an ice cold stare, telling him he deserved…[Continue Reading...]
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