PHOENIX — Going through old photos, Flora Jessop remembers what it was like growing up in a polygamist cult. "I have 28 brothers and sisters," Jessop said. "My dad was married to my mom and her little sister." From 1969…[Continue Reading...]
In 2018, Cheers and Look Who’s Talking actress Kirstie Alley showed up in a Church of Scientology publication called Freewinds. The magazine is named after Scientology’s private cruise ship, which sails the Caribbean and caters to wealthy church members who…[Continue Reading...]
Colorado City, Ariz. • With Samuel Bateman behind bars, his closest followers wrote down their questions they hoped he would answer on-camera when he was free again. Bateman is the religious leader of a new offshoot of the polygamous Fundamentalist…[Continue Reading...]
Kirstie Alley knew how to speak her mind prior to her untimely death. Over the course of her 40-plus-year Hollywood career, she was candidly open about everything from her famous exes to her wild past to her issues with weight.…[Continue Reading...]
Kirstie Alley's death from cancer at the age of 71 has sparked an outpouring of heartfelt tributes from celebrities and fans alike—as well as questions about the Church of Scientology's teachings on the disease. Cheers star Alley's children, True and…[Continue Reading...]
Say the word “cult,” and you might imagine people holed up in a compound somewhere, convinced that the end is nigh. But in ancient times, cults were taken more seriously and often involved entire populations. This list looks at previously…[Continue Reading...]
Federal documents said 8 young girls escaped from their group home in the Valley and ended up more than a thousand miles away in Washington State.[Continue Reading...]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The FBI is accusing a 46-year-old Arizona alleged polygamist cult leader of having 20 wives, many of whom were underage — as young as 9 years old — and of possibly marrying his own daughter. The wives…[Continue Reading...]
Thirty-one adoptions took place among followers of the Unification Church after it became mandatory for adoption mediation agencies to obtain approval in April 2018, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The group officially known as the Family Federation for World Peace…[Continue Reading...]
SPOKANE, Wash – Eight girls who ran away from group homes in Arizona in the midst of a federal investigation were found hiding out in an Airbnb in Spokane. The girls were found with a woman named Moretta Rose Johnson,…[Continue Reading...]
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