A man who escaped an abusive relationship after nine months of hell has revealed how his ex-girlfriend forbade him from eating or using the toilet and branded him 'worthless'. Gareth Jones, 41, now based in Cheshire, was subject to coercive…[Continue Reading...]
Sienna* had been with her husband for 10 years before she started to realise who she had really married. By that time, they shared three teenage children together and their lives were so intertwined. Their relationship was slow to unravel.…[Continue Reading...]
A missing Texas woman found living with the self-proclaimed leaders of a lost “African” tribe in a Scottish forest insists she is there by her own free will, despite her family’s fears she is lost to the sect forever. Kaura…[Continue Reading...]
In Roblox, one of the world's largest online gaming platforms, users join to play, create, and be themselves in a virtual world — but some might be there for a more insidious purpose: to expose youth to hate speech. Players…[Continue Reading...]
The Children of God, later known as The Family International, began in the late 1960s and spread through communal homes around the world. It mixed apocalyptic teachings with aggressive proselytizing and drew in thousands of followers, including families who worked…[Continue Reading...]
North Korean soldiers during drills at the Kangdong training grounds in March 2024 | Image: KCTV (March 16, 2024) North Korea has confirmed a policy of requiring soldiers to commit suicide on the battlefield to avoid capture while fighting in…[Continue Reading...]
Vulnerable young Australians are being targeted and recruited into extremist organisations. Sometimes, adult recruiters use grooming and coercion. Young people are seen as easy targets because they are looking for a place to belong, rather than holding deep-seated ideological beliefs.…[Continue Reading...]
Dr James Dobson, a prominent and influential evangelical leader who advised four US presidents, has died aged 89. Dobson was a fixture in conservative US politics for decades and most recently served on Donald Trump's advisory board for evangelical affairs.…[Continue Reading...]
Los Angeles, California - Jenna Miscavige Hill, the niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige, recently went viral as she launched a TikTok account to recount her experiences growing up in the church. Last week, Jenna shared her very first video…[Continue Reading...]
ORLEANS — Known for its grand church just steps away from Cape Cod Bay, the Community of Jesus (COJ), a small, tight-knit religious commune, has grown since its founding as a Bible study collective in the 1970s to include a…[Continue Reading...]
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