When I first discovered chess, after watching the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer on HBO, I was a nine-year-old kid living in a tiny village in the mountains of Arizona. Because of its title, many people think the film is…[Continue Reading...]
I woke early, long before the sun was even a suggestion on the horizon. I’d barely slept all night, mind and heart racing in fear, preparing for this day that would change everything. When the day ended, I would be…[Continue Reading...]
Robert Jay Lifton, a psychiatrist who peered into some of the darkest corners of contemporary history, including Hiroshima, the Holocaust and the Vietnam War, in search of lessons about individual and collective consciousness, died on Thursday at his home in…[Continue Reading...]
I’ve been mentoring people in public speaking for more than 30 years. The one piece of advice I have given all of them is this: “Rehearse! Rehearse! Rehearse!” I give this advice because no one taught it to me; I…[Continue Reading...]
The Public Security Examination Commission has decided to extend restrictions on the activities of Aleph, a successor group of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, for another six months. The decision, made Wednesday, marks the sixth time the recurrence prevention…[Continue Reading...]
GUELPH – Brianna Bell was the first journalist to break the story about abuse in the Two by Twos church, a story the Guelph-based freelance journalist wrote for the Daily Dot two years ago. Six months after that, the FBI…[Continue Reading...]
The Public Security Examination Commission on Wednesday handed down a sixth regulatory action against Aleph, the primary successor organization of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, based on the Law on the Control of Organizations Which Committed Indiscriminate Mass Murder. The…[Continue Reading...]
A South Korean city’s mayor has welcomed an appeals court's upholding a ruling that revoked a neo-Christian sect’s fraudulently obtained permit to use a building for religious purposes. Mayor Lee Dong-hwan of Goyang City welcomed the ruling against the Shincheonji…[Continue Reading...]
On Tuesday morning, Mr Sewell and an associate gate-crashed a press conference with the Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan. He shouted insults and accusations at Ms Allan, who quickly left the area while a security detail blocked the men. Police earlier…[Continue Reading...]
South Korea’s Unification Church has forcefully rejected allegations that its leader, Han Hak-ja, bribed the wife of former president Yoon Suk-yeol, even as prosecutors expand a corruption investigation that threatens to expose decades of the church’s political entanglements. In a…[Continue Reading...]
Links appearing on this site are submitted by users. The Cult News Network does not necessarily endorse or recommend the linked articles.
Not all groups called either "cults" or "cult- like" are harmful. A link on this page does not necessarily imply that a group is a "cult" or is dangerous. ---
