Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium of Christian Life (SCV), after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican investigation. The investigation uncovered sexual abuses by its founder, financial mismanagement by…[Continue Reading...]
Glenn Close is opening up about her unconventional childhood. The actress, 77, said in a Jan. 19 broadcast of Today’s Sunday Sitdown that she relied on her "active imagination" while growing up in a cult-like religious group. Close spent her…[Continue Reading...]
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank bank said its investigations have discovered 21 companies that were operating pyramid schemes. Pyramid schemes also known as multi-level marketing and direct selling are recruitment programs where one member recruits a number of others…[Continue Reading...]
An advert promoting the controversial Scientology religion at a London Tube station has caused shock and disbelief among commuters. The poster, which encourages Londoners to find out more about the group, was spotted over the weekend at a Tube platform.…[Continue Reading...]
A little more than two weeks ago, I clicked on the website of self-help guru James Arthur Ray and saw that tickets to his next “Harmonic Wealth” weekend, planned for April 12-13, were being heavily discounted for a price of…[Continue Reading...]
Gloriavale’s leader has made a public apology for any “pain and suffering” experienced by its members. He offered thanks to all members who have reported abuse to New Zealand’s authorities - acknowledging previous leaders breached their trust and did not…[Continue Reading...]
Another former Jehovah’s Witnesses member has been convicted of sexually assaulting a child after a statewide investigation charged multiple members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith with abusing children, some for over a decade. The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office says Shaun…[Continue Reading...]
LA wildfire keeps growing, and so do the conspiracy theories, hate, and misinformation. Social media, especially X and TikTok, has become a toxic pool of conspiracy theories and hate campaigns against some communities. Studies suggest that social media algorithms have…[Continue Reading...]
This post is part two of a two-part series. The previous post in this series examined the Adaptive Conspiracism Hypothesis (Van Prooijen and Van Vugt, 2018). According to this perspective, the tendency to engage in conspiracy thinking is innate in…[Continue Reading...]
From the outside, Scientology tries to present itself as a beacon of self-improvement and spiritual enlightenment. For those like Jenna Miscavige, who was born into it, the reality was far darker. Jenna, niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige, grew up…[Continue Reading...]
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