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OneTaste ‘orgasmic meditation’ firm was forced-labour cult, trial told

Published May 7, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal trial, cults, New York, Nicole Daedone, One Taste

The leaders of an alleged sex cult accused of encouraging followers to masturbate in group “orgasmic meditation” sessions to treat trauma went on trial in New York on Tuesday. Nicole Daedone, 58, the founder of OneTaste, and Rachel Cherwitz, 45,…[Continue Reading...]

‘Gateway to Hell’ and personality cults: 5 things to know about Turkmenistan

Published May 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged personality cult, Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Turkmenistan's father of the nation, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, met French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday in Paris, a rare trip to the West. Here are five things to know about Turkmenistan, the former Soviet republic in Central Asia and one…[Continue Reading...]

FBI arrests expose far-right cult with NZ links, DIA warns of victimisation

Published May 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 764, arrests, criminal charges, cult leader, cults, Prasan Nepal

A far-right satanic cult group “built on terror and abuse” - whose leaders have been arrested by the FBI - has members in New Zealand, according to the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA). The US leaders of an obscure and…[Continue Reading...]

Sex, drugs, and undocumented migrants: How the Ashram Shambala cult made all Russians in Argentina look suspicious

Published May 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Argentina, arrests, Ashram Shambala, cult leader, Konstantin Rudnev, prosecution, Russian cult

Argentina is embroiled in a scandal involving the Russian cult Ashram Shambala. The group’s founder and leader, Konstantin Rudnev, previously served 11 years in prison, and several Russian nationals affiliated with his movement are currently under investigation for human trafficking,…[Continue Reading...]

Accused sex cult leaders ready for NYC criminal trial

Published May 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal trial, New York, Nicole Daedone, One Taste, Rachel Cherwitz

BROOKLYN (CN) — On a drizzly Brooklyn Monday, potential jurors filed into a federal courtroom where sat Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz, two California women accused of abusing staff at a controversial organization that promoted sex acts — namely women’s…[Continue Reading...]

‘Incel forums almost destroyed me as a teen. This is my message for parents of teen boys.’

Published May 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Incel, Incel culture, online forums, online influencers, survivior story

At 14, James* would lie awake at night, scrolling through forums that told him what he already feared: that he was broken, and no girl would ever want him. He started shaping himself into someone he thought they would notice.…[Continue Reading...]

The ‘mind-controlling’ doomsday cult where members are forced to smack each other in ‘thrashing’ rituals & held captive

Published May 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, cults, Grace Road Church, physical abuse Fiji, Shin Ok-ju

WHEN Fiji was sold to disciples as the "promised land", they had no idea they were being indoctrinated into a "mind-controlling" cult. One that has allegedly encouraged its members to beat each other, and whose leader has been found guilty…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow Daybell files motion for a new trial based on these five reasons

Published May 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged appeal, Arizona, convicted murderer, criminal trial, cult mom, Lori Vallow

PHOENIX — Lori Vallow Daybell says there were multiple problems with her Maricopa County, Arizona trial last month and she wants it redone. A jury found Daybell guilty of conspiracy to commit the murder of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow,…[Continue Reading...]

Prosecutors expand shaman probe to ex-director of Unification Church over bribery allegations

Published May 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged bribery investigation, cults, South Korea, Unification Church

Prosecutors investigating allegations that shaman Jeon Seong-bae, known as “Geon Jin,” made illicit requests to former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee are expanding their investigation to focus on a man surnamed Yoon, a former director-general…[Continue Reading...]