The families of children and educators killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School are set to receive their first payment from Alex Jones’ Infowars empire next month, after years of legal wrangling over more than $1.4 billion in…[Continue Reading...]
The Brief Clearwater City Council voted 3-2 to approve closing part of South Garden Avenue for a Church of Scientology campus expansion. A massive crowd of over 2,000 people overwhelmed the Clearwater Main Library, forcing officials to limit public comment.…[Continue Reading...]
The Brief The Clearwater City Council will hold a final vote Thursday on a controversial proposal to hand over part of a downtown street to the Church of Scientology. The church is requesting that the city vacate a section of…[Continue Reading...]
An Arizona Daily Star investigation found that a Southern Arizona religious group is making millions per year from its hospice in Tucson and Tubac, while former members complain the group forces members to work for free, including at that hospice.…[Continue Reading...]
Maiwand Banayee still vividly remembers the moment he entered a Pakistani refugee camp as a traumatised 14-year-old. The air was thick with the call to prayer echoing from some 40 mosques, blasting so loudly that the teenager's ears "nearly burst".…[Continue Reading...]
Most people presume that religious institutions are safe spaces and that religious leaders rarely distort or weaponize doctrine for harm. This general sentiment persists, even among people who are familiar with religious corruption and the many wars, holocausts, hate groups,…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Wednesday held arrest warrant hearings for three former senior officials of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a nonmainstream religious sect, over suspicions they forced followers to join the main opposition People…[Continue Reading...]
A man who grew up inside the religious sect that inspired Netflix’s ‘Unchosen’ has lifted the lid on its ”rules, isolation and homophobia”. Ben Woodbury, 35, was born into the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in Windsor, Australia, before leaving the…[Continue Reading...]
Older Australians are facing hidden and often unrecognised forms of coercive control, with new research showing that systems meant to protect them are sometimes being used to manipulate or isolate them instead. The findings, released to coincide with today’s UN…[Continue Reading...]
The John Frum movement arose on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu no later than the late 1930s. Followers believe John Frum — often depicted as an American serviceman — will one day return bringing wealth and prosperity. In some…[Continue Reading...]
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