A woman who ‘escaped’ the Church of Scientology has explained its mental trick used to try and get people to ‘confess’. Jenna Miscavige says the organisation has a ‘murder routine’ it uses in interrogations, having been asked ‘traumatising’ questions as…[Continue Reading...]
A campaigner and survivor of domestic abuse has issued a checklist of signs to help identify somebody who is experiencing coercive control. Samantha Billingham, founder of UK-based organisation Stronger Beginnings, supported the Government of Jersey's campaign to raise awareness around…[Continue Reading...]
The sister of Victorian Liberal MP Renee Heath has described their father’s church as a “cult” and told an inquiry that so-called “gay conversion” practices may still be occurring in the state. Clare Heath-McIvor, daughter of City Builders church pastor…[Continue Reading...]
TORONTO — A 29-year-old man from Thorold, Ont., admitted in a downtown Toronto courtroom to three terrorism charges related to his role in producing and distributing propaganda tied to the neo-Nazi Atomwaffen network, court and media reports say. Matthew Althorpe,…[Continue Reading...]
Her mother, often caught in the middle, seemed to genuinely believe her partner was simply trying to be a good parent. "She'd sneak into my room and say sorry. 'He's just stressed about work. Things will get better. Try being…[Continue Reading...]
Fée Larivière was married at 17 to a 42-year-old man and gave birth to her first child at 18. She says she was never free while living within the Mission de l’Esprit-Saint, a religious sect founded in 1913 known for…[Continue Reading...]
2 charged with stealing more than $600,00 in fortunetelling scheme Police say Gina Marks and Steve Nicklas of Jenkintown Psychic Visions told customers that they were cursed, and demanded huge sums of money and luxury items in order to cleanse…[Continue Reading...]
They’re not hiding it anymore. While Missourians were going about their lives, a network of white supremacists led by a Norwegian-born French horn player who once monetized his own sex tapes and a Hungarian jazz pianist wanted for attempted murder…[Continue Reading...]
Before the turn of the century (man, that makes me feel old!) I was driving home one day when I noticed a sign outside one of the larger Baptist churches advertising a new weight loss group. I’m always on the…[Continue Reading...]
He'd make things up that didn't happen. Then he'd get angry when questioned, as if remembering was an attack on him. Every time she brought up something he did wrong, suddenly the conversation became about her mental health, her past…[Continue Reading...]
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