For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women without clear legal recognition of their experiences. While NSW, Queensland and South Australia have now criminalised coercive control, other states and territories…[Continue Reading...]
A former Cabinet minister has admitted to lobbying in support of the Unification Church’s controversial 2015 name change, telling The Asahi Shimbun he acted because the group had provided him with crucial election support. Yoshiaki Harada, 81, a former environment…[Continue Reading...]
Tom Cruise's first wife Mimi Rogers cut a glamorous and radiant figure when she surfaced in Los Angeles in a rare recent sighting. Rogers was married to Cruise from 1987 to 1990, and during the time they were together she…[Continue Reading...]
Once dubbed America's "most hated family" thanks to their shocking hateful views on the LGBTQ+ community, some of those who starred on Louis Theroux documentary Surviving America's Most Hated Family in 2019 have completely transformed their lives. The family within…[Continue Reading...]
On March 4, the Tokyo High Court ordered the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church) under the Religious Corporations Act, following a request by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and…[Continue Reading...]
Milledgeville Mayor Mary Parham-Copelan is facing flack on social media this week about what was to be a proclamation honoring Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The proclamation was to be presented at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, but since the…[Continue Reading...]
Former Clearwater City Council member Mark Bunker is making another bid for the dais. Bunker filed for City Council Seat 5, now held by Lina Teixeira, who is not seeking reelection. Sam Wilson, the district director for U.S. Rep. Anna…[Continue Reading...]
A man who allegedly molested three boys from his Tucson church has been indicted a second time for felony child sex crimes — this time, relating to the alleged abuse of a boy during church services in the early 2000s.…[Continue Reading...]
Alem Derege reflects on two unsettling encounters with the secretive religious group Shincheonji, which both The Church of England and Alpha’s Nicky Gumbel have named a ‘cult’. She shares a personal warning about spiritual manipulation, online recruitment tactics and the…[Continue Reading...]
The Tokyo High Court has upheld a decision to dissolve the Unification Church, a controversial religious organisation linked with the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Tetsuya Yamagami, the convicted murderer who was sentenced to life in prison,…[Continue Reading...]
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