More than two decades after Auckland’s Centrepoint community was shut down, one survivor says New Zealand is still failing to protect people from high-control groups. Caroline Ansley, who grew up in Centrepoint, is joining forces with other cult survivors and…[Continue Reading...]
In 1991, I was living in a commune with 200 other people in Japan, as a member of a cult called the Children of God, which preached that the world was going to end in 1993. Everything I did –…[Continue Reading...]
Joy Villa has opened up about getting up the courage to defect from the Church of Scientology after 15 years in its service, and not before being in the religious cult took a steep toll on her physical and mental…[Continue Reading...]
A joint investigation team of prosecutors and police probing allegations of collusion between politics and religion announced on the 7th that it would investigate not only the Unification Church but also Shincheonji. The investigation aims to clarify suspicions of financial…[Continue Reading...]
Grammy-winning gospel singer and pastor Donnie McClurkin has been accused of sexually abusing his former assistant. Giuseppe Corletto filed a lawsuit against McClurkin on Friday, alleging that the chart–topping singer abused him from 2007 to 2015. The abuse allegedly escalated…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO -- Police have found a document analyzing a woman's personality and upbringing on the computer of a man claiming to practice "polygamy" arrested with two other women for allegedly secretly filming and then selling videos of sexual intercourse with…[Continue Reading...]
"South Park" has made a lot of enemies over its almost 30-year run on TV. From NAMBLA to "Family Guy" and the entire religion of Islam, "South Park" has turned ruffling feathers into big business. However, the beef that hit…[Continue Reading...]
Singer Joy Villa is opening up about her decision to leave the Church of Scientology after being a member of the organization for 15 years. “During my years inside Scientology, I reached career heights most artists only dream of. I…[Continue Reading...]
More than two decades after one of the most disturbing crimes in recent American history, the case of Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in the family's bathtub, is revisited in The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates…[Continue Reading...]
Monday, January 5, 2026 - A former member of Prophet David Owuor’s ministry has come forward with a candid and deeply personal account of his years inside the church, an experience he now describes as psychologically damaging, cult-like and built…[Continue Reading...]
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