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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...]

Edo Police Arrest 95 Suspects in Ongoing Crackdown on Deadly Cult Clashes

Published May 4, 2025 By admin

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

The Edo State Police Command has arrested 95 individuals in connection with a fresh surge of cult-related violence that has claimed multiple lives across the state in recent weeks. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the Command’s Public…[Continue Reading...]

Fans Have Serious Questions About Justin Bieber’s Pal-Turned-Spiritual Guru As He Faces ‘Cult’ Accusations

Published May 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Churchome, cult allegatons, Judah Smith, Justin Bieber

It was only a matter of time before Churchome — the buzzy, Beverly Hills-based church led by Justin Bieber’s longtime spiritual advisor, Pastor Judah Smith — landed back in the headlines. On May 2, Smith found himself ambushed by paparazzi…[Continue Reading...]

Cult detective who ‘solved great-grandma’s murder’ relives horror moment he exposed sickos who ‘raped kids 4,000 times’

Published May 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arivin Shreeve, child abuse, cult leader, cults, Utah, Zion cult

Incredible moment when century-old family mystery was solved stunned experienced investigator A POLICE officer who uncovered a sick sex cult made an even more remarkable discovery 12 years later — by solving the 1886 killing of his great-great-grandmother. Utah-based Mike…[Continue Reading...]

The Unification Church dissolution and Japan’s evolving religious governance

Published May 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged church dissolution, cults, Japan, Unification Church

In March 2025, the Tokyo District Court ordered the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification — formerly the Unification Church — following decades of controversies surrounding its business practices and ‘spiritual sales’. While the Church has…[Continue Reading...]