Japan's parliament enacted a law on Wednesday to strengthen monitoring of movements of religious corporation assets possibly subject to legal claims, as the nation moves to protect people caught up in exploitative donation solicitation practices like those employed by the…[Continue Reading...]
HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story. When she was a child, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed…[Continue Reading...]
(NewsNation) — An ex-Mormon is speaking out about the culture of “public shaming” after she was punished by the Mormon church for being raped. Kristjana Hillberg was raped at 18 years old while she was away at college. When she…[Continue Reading...]
Bijou Phillips partied with the Hiltons while estranged husband Danny Masterson has been serving his 30 year sentence for a rape conviction. The 43-year-old actress and model - who was seen for the first time after Masterson was expelled from…[Continue Reading...]
The HBO documentary Love Has Won, released on November 13, 2023, tells the story of the life and death of ”Mother God” cult leader Amy Carlson, and how the ordinary Oregon woman came to believe, and convince others, that she…[Continue Reading...]
Born in Synanon is the story of Cassidy Arkin’s history with California’s Synanon cult—or as she describes it in footage from 2001, “alternative community.” Arkin is not just the subject of director Geeta Gandbhir’s four-part Paramount+ docuseries (Dec. 12) but…[Continue Reading...]
Author Steven Hassan, who writes and speaks about groups called “cults,” has a personal history of cult involvement. Hassan was in the Unification Church (“Moonies”) founded by Sun Myung Moon for two years in the 1970s. And his origin story…[Continue Reading...]
A Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) pastor was seen reciting what looked like so-called "strong prayers" to rid the boy of a demon. BBC Panorama was also told by a gay ex-member he was given "strong prayers"…[Continue Reading...]
Lately, people have been wondering even more about Tom Cruise’s relationship with his youngest daughter, Suri Cruise, whom he shares with his ex-wife, Katie Holmes. Many theorized he even went as far as to leave the Church of Scientology after…[Continue Reading...]
Catherine Bell believes the Church of Scientology gets a bad rap. “People don’t really understand what Scientology is,” the “JAG” star told Page Six exclusively at the New York premiere of the Hallmark Channel movie “Christmas on Cherry Lane” Thursday…[Continue Reading...]
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