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New Zealand religious sect Two by Two accused of child abuse, MP Hamish Campbell admits family link with group

Published April 8, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, cults, two by twos

A New Zealand religious sect known as the Two By Two, or The Truth, is under investigation by authorities in New Zealand, Australia, and the USA following allegations of child abuse. New Zealand National Party MP Hamish Campbell has acknowledged…[Continue Reading...]

Coercive control in cults to be examined in Victorian parliamentary inquiry

Published April 8, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, coercive control, coercive persuasion, courts, cults

The Victorian government has announced a parliamentary inquiry into cults and “organised fringe groups” in the state, following revelations from several former members of a secretive Christian group in Geelong that exposed severe punishments and extreme teachings being administered. Earlier…[Continue Reading...]

Fifty years after the cult suicide, Guyana invites dark tourists to Jonestown

Published April 8, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, cult massacre, doomsday cult, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown

On November 18, 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple, under the guidance of cult leader Rev. Jim Jones, killed themselves or were murdered in the jungles of Guyana. Five years before the mass suicide-murder though, Jones…[Continue Reading...]

‘World’s Wealthiest Televangelist’ Lists Beachside Condo For THIS MANY Millions of Dollars

Published April 7, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, Edir Macedo, luxury condominium, Miami, sects, Universal Church Kingdom of God

Bishop Edir Macedo, a billionaire televanglist and businessman, has just listed his beachside Miami condo for a a cool $14.6M, down $350,000 from year a year before. According to Trinity Fi: “Macedo is currently ranked 1,901 wealthiest person in the…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church appeals stripping of religious corporation status

Published April 7, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, Japan, religious status, Unification Church

The Unification Church filed an appeal with the Tokyo High Court on Monday over a district court ruling stripping it of its religious corporation status that exempts it from taxes. The follows the Tokyo District Court's ruling last month, the…[Continue Reading...]

Who’s who in Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial in Arizona?

Published April 7, 2025 By admin

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

PHOENIX -- It's a complex case that led investigators from Arizona to Idaho and Hawaii, to unravel a twisted plot built on bizarre claims that the victims were possessed by evil spirits and that the defendant — Lori Vallow Daybell…[Continue Reading...]

Secretive sect members urged to report child abuse

Published April 7, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, government action, New Zealand, relgious sect, sexual abuse, two by twos

Current and former members of a secretive sect operating in New Zealand are being urged to report allegations of child abuse. The FBI in the US is investigating claims of abuse at the sect, which has no official name but…[Continue Reading...]

‘This isn’t just about a cult, it’s about accountability’: Why I had to tell Elizabeth’s story

Published April 7, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, criminal prosecutions, cults, death, Elizabeth Struhs, faith healing sect, medical neglect, The Saints

Over the past few months I can honestly say there hasn't been a day that's passed where hasn't been on my mind. It's been more than three years since Elizabeth's life was cruelly cut short, in January 2022, and I've been…[Continue Reading...]

‘She didn’t have to die’: Girl’s death in a Queensland cult

Published April 7, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, cults, death, Elizabeth Struhs, faith healing sect, medical neglect, The Saints

The harrowing case of Elizabeth Struhs has left child safety experts baffled, and in agreement that her death was avoidable, with allegations government failures are as much to blame as the 14 cult members now in jail. Elizabeth, 8, died…[Continue Reading...]

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...]

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