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Ex-gay group “Changed” is part of a bizarre faith-healing cult. Don’t fall for it.

Published September 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bethel Church, California, Changed, cult allegations, Ex-Gay group, Redding

In 2013, the world’s largest “ex-gay” ministry, Exodus International, voluntarily shut its doors. The final nail in its inglorious coffin was Exodus’ then-president, Alan Chambers, admitting, “The majority of people that I have met, and I would say the majority,…[Continue Reading...]

‘Sound of Freedom’ Creator Faces Battle With Mormon Church

Published September 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Mormon Church, Mormons, Movie, OUR, Sound of Freedom, Tim Ballard

Tim Ballard, the former Homeland Security special agent who inspired the surprise box office hit Sound of Freedom, has fallen out of favor with a prominent leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to online media…[Continue Reading...]

Leah Remini claims Church of Scientology targeting her business, friends

Published September 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged California, harassment, lawsuit, Leah Remini, Los Angeles, Scientologists, Scientology

Actor and Scientology critic Leah Remini claimed the church has stepped up a harassment campaign against her ever since she filed a lawsuit last month alleging a longtime pattern of threats and stalking. Remini says attacks by the church and…[Continue Reading...]

Probe launched into alleged misuse of cash grants by Surigao ‘cult’

Published September 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult investigation, cults, investigation, Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Thursday launched an investigation into claims that an alleged cult in Surigao del Norte might be wrongfully taking government cash grants intended for its members. The move comes following revelations…[Continue Reading...]

Leah Remini Says LAPD Chief Michael Moore Didn’t Think it Odd that Scientologists Can’t Call 911 from HQ

Published September 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged 911 calls, California, LAPD, Leah Remini, Los Angeles, Michael Moore, Scientologists, Scientology

In a post this morning she reveals that members of the cult at the Los Angeles headquarters can’t call 911. Remini says she went to LAPD chief Michael Moore and said, “Don’t you think that’s odd?” According to Remini, he…[Continue Reading...]

Behind Bijou Phillips’ surprise divorce from Danny Masterson

Published September 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bijou Phillips, California, convicted rapist, Danny Masterson, divorce, Scientologists, Scientology

Phillips and Masterson are prominent, longtime members of the organization, whose controversial practices became an issue in both both trials in Los Angeles. The three women who accused Masterson of drugging and raping them in the early 2000s were Scientologists,…[Continue Reading...]

Members of ultra-Orthodox, anti-Zionist sect meet with Iran’s Raisi on UNGA sidelines

Published September 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-Zionist, Iran, Jews, Neturei Karta, ultra-Orthodox sect

Neturei Karta opposes the modern state of Israel on religious grounds, regularly protesting against the Jewish state Members of Neturei Karta, an extreme anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect, met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of the UN General…[Continue Reading...]

Surigao Del Norte NGO accused of being a religious cult forcing minors into marriage and raping them, taking members’ pension

Published September 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes

Socorro Bayanihan Services (SBS), a non-governmental organization in Surigao del Norte, has been accused of being a religious cult—recruiting thousands of female minors, forcing them into marriage, and subjecting them to forced labor and sexual abuse. According to Chino Gaston's…[Continue Reading...]

Sagamu Cult Clash: Ogun Assembly member, 6 others in DSS net

Published September 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

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

ABEOKUTA: Security operatives in Ogun State on Wednesday tracked six suspected cultists, allegedly involved in the violence that erupted in Sagamu at the weekend to the official residence of a member of the State House of Assembly. The member, representing…[Continue Reading...]

Ogun Govt To Establish Special Court For Cult-Related Matters

Published September 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

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

The Ogun State Government plans to set up a special court for cult-related cases. The state also plans to set up a Joint Anti-Cultism Security Task Force comprising all major security outfits, with the mandate to rid the state of…[Continue Reading...]