For five months, survivors shared their harrowing experiences to a Victorian parliamentary inquiry shedding light on religious fringe groups and cults. Survivor accounts detailed allegations of child sexual abuse, psychological manipulation, forced isolation, brutal beatings, and fearmongering. The inquiry received…[Continue Reading...]
When a child goes missing, families are faced with so many worries, but few are prepared for the unthinkable: that their disappearance may be linked to a cult. It all started in November 2022. Ma’Kayla Wickerson and her 2-year-old daughter,…[Continue Reading...]
In modern Hollywood, it’s hard to find a Scientology story that doesn’t orbit around Tom Cruise at some point. Introduced to the church in the mid-’80s, he eventually became its most visible celebrity advocate especially during the 2000s while also…[Continue Reading...]
Dating violence, in public perception, looks loud and obvious, according to the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center. Abuse is often subtle, controlled and strategic. Coercive control is a form of systemic abuse that gains power and control over a person through repeated…[Continue Reading...]
A religious group previously known as the Unification Church says it has returned money in response to damage claims by people including active members. This comes before a possible appellate court order to disband the group next week. The group…[Continue Reading...]
People who prefer structured, rule-based explanations may find conspiracy theories appealing because they offer a clear, ordered explanation for events that feel chaotic. New research led by Flinders University has found that understanding how someone processes information can be a…[Continue Reading...]
Where was I in 1988? Anywhere but aware. In my fourteenth year on Planet Suburb, folded neatly between the Green Sheets of the afternoon Milwaukee Journal and the abstract piety of St. Alphonsus middle school, I knew not of “Suicide…[Continue Reading...]
Hear from survivors, experts and local residents on what life is really like behind closed doors at the Church of Scientology's UK headquarters and how they plan to influence East Grinstead The Church of Scientology have had a significant presence…[Continue Reading...]
The rise of misinformation on social media has been a monumental stress test for the world’s critical thinking skills. Misinformation has had a huge influence on elections, public health and the treatment of immigrants and refugees across the world. Social…[Continue Reading...]
The parents of a 13-year-old Gig Harbor boy who took his own life on a livestreamed video have sued the social media giant Discord, alleging that the platform enabled a network of sadistic members who coerced their son into his…[Continue Reading...]
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