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I Grew Up Religiously Oppressed. Here’s How I Overcame The Brainwashing & Reclaimed Myself, And My Faith.

Published April 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, cults, sects, survivor story

Meet Hannah, 37. She shares how growing up in an extreme religious environment shaped her identity and twisted her relationship with her faith. “I was raised to believe that obedience was holiness, that questioning was rebellion, and that my worth…[Continue Reading...]

Attorney weighs in on Lori Vallow Daybell’s exclusive interview ahead of trial

Published April 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, cult mom, cults, Lori Vallow, murder trial

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — In a True Crime Arizona exclusive, Lori Valley Daybell is speaking out ahead of her trial in Maricopa County, which is scheduled to begin on Monday. So-called “Doomsday Mom,” Vallow Daybell, has already been convicted in Idaho…[Continue Reading...]

A Deadly Nazi Cult in Chile

Published April 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chile, Colonia Dignadad, cult leader, cults, Paul Schaefer

For nearly 40 years, a secretive colony in the Chilean countryside hid unspeakable horrors: child abuse, torture, and a twisted legacy of Nazism. Colonia Dignidad, led by ex-Nazi Paul Schäfer, thrived not just as a cult but as a brutal…[Continue Reading...]

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, defrocked in a sex abuse scandal, dies at 94

Published April 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Newark Archbishop, Roman Catholic Church, sexual abuse, Theodore McCarrick

Theodore McCarrick, the disgraced former Newark archbishop and cardinal who was cast out of the ministry after decades-old sexual abuse allegations involving young men and boys ultimately came to light — sparking a reckoning in the Catholic church and a…[Continue Reading...]

Fargo woman finds her voice after growing up in what she calls ‘a cult’

Published April 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, Minnesota, survivor story

FARGO — Sunlight streams through the window of Melanie Rudd’s north Fargo office, illuminating a vibrant explosion of color — hot pink chairs, bold abstract art and a space as lively as the woman who created it. But for years,…[Continue Reading...]

Scientology’s plan to buy downtown roadway in Clearwater delayed

Published April 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Clearwater, Florida, real estate, Scientologists, Scientology

Since December, the Church of Scientology has been working on a plan to purchase a downtown roadway in Clearwater. When the City Council gave a tentative nod in favor last month, it appeared there was no competition. But a last-minute…[Continue Reading...]

Argentina arrests 21 Russians accused of human trafficking

Published April 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Akasha Sananda, Argentina, arrests, cult leader, cults, Konstantin Rudnev

The prosecutor's office of the Argentine city of San Carlos de Bariloche has filed charges against 21 Russian citizens, including the organizer of the religious sect Shambhala Ashram Konstantin Rudnev, accused of sexual exploitation, the prosecutor's information portal reported. „The…[Continue Reading...]

Watch moment rape cult leader who told followers he was an alien called Great Shaman is arrested in Argentina

Published April 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged Argentina, arrested, Ashram Shambhala, cult leader, cults, Konstantin Rudnev

THIS is the moment a Russian rape cult leader who called himself an alien named Great Shaman is arrested in Argentina. Konstantin Rudnev, 57, was handcuffed and dragged away by cops at Bariloche Airport as he attempted to flee to…[Continue Reading...]

Cult leader whose name is engraved on Little Rock public art dies

Published April 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Andrew Cohen, cult leader, dead

Every few months we at the Arkansas Times like to check in on our favorite piece of local art: a statue in Little Rock’s Riverfront Park that prominently features a quote attributed to a former cult leader, whose name the…[Continue Reading...]

23 Celebrities Who Are Members of the Church of Scientology

Published April 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged celebrities, Scientology, Scisentologists

Over the years, there have been many famous Scientologists whose connections to the Church have stirred up controversy. Notable members of the Church of Scientology include Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and Elisabeth Moss, but many other celebrity Scientologists fly under…[Continue Reading...]

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