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Japanese victims react to Unification Church head’s arrest in South Korea

Published September 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult victims, Hak Ja Han Moon, Japan, Unification Church

Japanese victims of the Unification Church's donation program have called for fundamental solutions regarding the controversial religious group after its leader was arrested in South Korea on Tuesday in a bribery case involving the previous South Korean president's wife. The…[Continue Reading...]

‘Moonies’ church leader arrested over gifts to ex-South Korean first lady

Published September 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrested, cult leader, Hak Ja Han Moon, South Korea, Unification Church

South Korea has arrested the leader of the controversial Unification Church over allegations the organisation bribed South Korea's former first lady in exchange for business and political favours. Han Hak-ja's church is accused of giving Kim Keon Hee, the wife…[Continue Reading...]

I fled Scientology aged 22 — now I spill its secrets on TikTok

Published September 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Jenna Miscavige, Scientologists, Scientology, survivor story

Jenna Miscavige has long been one of Scientology’s most prominent defectors. The niece of the church’s leader, David Miscavige, she published a bestselling memoir in 2013, Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape, and has given…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja arrested in bribery probe

Published September 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrested, criminal charges, cult leader, cults, Han Hak-ja, South Korea, Unification Church

Han Hak-ja, the head of the Unification Church, has been arrested on suspicion of delivering cash and valuables along with various requests to former first lady Kim Keon-hee and People Power Party lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong. With Han now in custody,…[Continue Reading...]

Chilling Evidence Presented in Shakahola Cult Case as Minors Testify

Published September 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged court testimony, cult survivors, cults, deaths, Good News International Church, Kenya

The Shakahola massacre case against controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie and 95 co-accused resumed today at the Shanzu Law Courts, where prosecutors presented disturbing videos, photographs, and witness accounts laying bare the horrors of the radical cult. Chief Inspector Erastus Sawe,…[Continue Reading...]

Remember ‘The Children of God’?

Published September 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Children of God, cult leader, cult survivors, cults, Moses David Berg

If, like me, you grew up in the coastal Goa of the 1960s and 1970s, chances are that you would have come across a group active here at the time, called The Children of God. Today, the group has changed…[Continue Reading...]

Han Hak-ja: Who the Unification Church leader is, and why she might soon be jailed

Published September 22, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal investigation, cult leader, Han Hak-ja, South Korea, Unification Churhc

Han Hak-ja, the leader of the Unification Church, appeared before a judge on Monday as the court weighs whether to grant a warrant for her arrest on suspicion of bribing former first lady Kim Keon-hee and People Power Party lawmaker…[Continue Reading...]

Chilling documentary movies about history’s infamous cults

Published September 22, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged cult documentaries, cult leaders, cults

Cults have a profound impact on society, often leaving a trail of broken families and shattered lives. The psychological and emotional toll on former members can last a lifetime, as they struggle to rebuild their identities. Cults also raise broader…[Continue Reading...]

New documentary questions whether Orthodox Jewish schools provide an adequate secular education

Published September 21, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged education, New York, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups

A new documentary focuses on the adequacy of secular education in New York’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious schools, which serve tens of thousands of children. WBGO's Jon Kalish reports the film leaves little doubt where it stands on the contentious issue… See…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church Chairperson’s Arrest Warrant Review Begins

Published September 21, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal investigation, cults, Moonies, South Korea, Unification Church

A special counsel team led by Min Joong-ki is conducting a substantive review of the arrest warrant requested for Han Hak-ja, chairperson of the Unification Church (Family Federation for World Peace and Unification), at the Seoul Central District Court on…[Continue Reading...]