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Cults and Coercive Control

Published June 30, 2025 By admin

For over 65 years, the Geelong Revival Center, an extremist Pentecostal network led by founder Noel Hollins, has faced accusations of being a cult. With Hollins’ death in 2024, the church remains under strict leadership, sparking calls for investigations under…[Continue Reading...]

Church of Scientology protest ban set for refusal

Published June 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-Scientology protests, Scientologists, Scientology, UK

Calls from the Church of Scientology for an order to ban protests outside its British headquarters in West Sussex have been recommended for refusal. Mid Sussex District Council's cabinet is due to make a decision on Monday about whether to…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow Daybell speaks with East Idaho News reporter Nate Eaton in jailhouse interview that will stream Monday

Published June 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, convicted murderer, cult deaths, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow

PHOENIX — Lori Vallow Daybell spent part of her 52nd birthday speaking with EastIdahoNews.com about a variety of topics, including her convicted crimes, her husband, the justice system and whether she would change anything that’s happened over the past six…[Continue Reading...]

Sex cult brainwashed me into being a ‘bride’ for a rapist… I thought he was God & was sucked in with love-bomb tactics

Published June 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, cults, deprogramming, Jung Myung-seok, Providence Church, survivor story

LIZ Cameron, 32, is a health sector project manager and author. she lives in Canberra, Australia. “As I walked out of the bookshop, a smiling woman approached. She was a foreign student studying Australian culture, she explained, and asked if…[Continue Reading...]

Cook County jury rules against Seth and Warren Jeffs

Published June 28, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, FLDS, Judgement, lawsuit, Minnesota, Polygamist cult, real estate, Warren Jeffs

Warren Jeffs is the incarcerated leader of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). He is currently serving a life sentence in Texas for two counts of sexual assault against a minor. He was ordered by a Utah…[Continue Reading...]

The Baileys: From medical doctors to germ theory denial

Published June 28, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Mark Bailey, mediacal doctor, medical neglect, New Zealand

They started as hospital doctors. Now they claim viruses don’t exist, chemotherapy is poison, and childhood cancer stems from parental failure. Sam and Mark Bailey have become evangelists of a strange new health movement aiming to sow distrust in conventional…[Continue Reading...]

What I Learned Growing Up in a CulT

Published June 28, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult survivor, cults, life lessons, personal story

I don’t remember the first time I realized I was in a cult. Like most things in childhood, it felt normal—because I didn’t know anything else. I was born into it. My parents were devoted, and in our world, the…[Continue Reading...]

Revenue collector killed in Benin cult-related attack Share this post

Published June 28, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, gangs, Nigeria, violence

A revenue collector, simply identified as Emmanuel, has been shot dead by suspected cultists on Thursday in Benin. The victim, popularly known as ‘Meme’, a member of Professional Drivers on Wheels, was killed in what was suspected to be a…[Continue Reading...]

Trace the Rise and Fall of an American Cult in The Oracle’s Daughter — See the Cover!

Published June 27, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Agressive Christianity Missionary Training Corp, cult leader, cults, Deobarah Green, New Mexico, survivor story

Harrison Hill was "gobsmacked" when he began talking to the source of inspiration for his forthcoming nonfiction debut — and that "astonishment" only grew as he kept researching the cult she recalled escaping from. In The Oracle's Daughter: The Rise…[Continue Reading...]

A psychopath’s brain is strikingly different

Published June 27, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leaders, psychopaths, research

[Note: Many cult leaders have been described as psychopaths] A new study has found that psychopaths show structural changes in particular areas of the brain that deal with things like impulse control and emotional regulation. This improved understanding may help…[Continue Reading...]