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Jessica Joan: Where is the NXIVM Cult Survivor Now?

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, cult leader, Keith Raniere, NXIVM, survivor story

In Hulu’s ‘How I Escaped My Cult: NXIVM / The Vow,’ the focus is on Keith Raniere and the NXIVM, which was a sex cult under the guise of a personal development organization. By manipulating women, the cult leader used to…[Continue Reading...]

Belize to send Lev Tahor Jewish sect leader, 2 others to Guatemala

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Belize, cults, Guatemala, leaders, Lev Tahor, sects

Belize on Tuesday said it was sending three men, including a leader of the Jewish sect Lev Tahor, back to Guatemala after arresting them at the Central American countries' shared border. Avraham Dinkel, a Canadian citizen who has acted as…[Continue Reading...]

3 Lev Tahor Members Abduct 8 Children To Belize On Shabbat, 3 Other Children Rescued

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged children kidnapped, cults, Guatemala, Lev Tahor, sects

NEW YORK (VINnews) — As rabbis, religious leaders, and activists work to dismantle the dangerous Lev Tahor cult, whose leaders abuse children, force marriages at age 13, and commit numerous other crimes, three men of the cult escaped last Saturday…[Continue Reading...]

Where is Yedidiyah Hawkins now? All about the House of Yahweh member from How I Escaped My Cult

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged doomsday cult, House of Yahweh, Texas

Season 1 episode 9 of How I Escaped My Cult on Hulu titled The House of Yahweh focuses on the crimes committed by Yedidiyah Hawkins. Hawkins was an elder of the religious sect, who molested a 11-year-old girl, by pretending…[Continue Reading...]

Japan AUM cult web archive opens ahead of sarin attack’s 30th anniv.

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aum Shinrikyo, cult leader, doomsday cult, Shoko Asahara, subway gas attack, Tokyo

The Japanese government has opened a new website on the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult responsible for the Tokyo subway nerve gas attack nearly 30 years ago, featuring testimonies from victims' families and photos of the group's guru as part of…[Continue Reading...]

‘Justice’: Sister speaks as killer cult jailed

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, Brendan Luke Stevens, criminal convictions, cult, cult leader, faith healing death, medical neglect, sentences, The Saints

The sister of a young girl killed at the hands of religious fanatics – who left her to suffer and die for days after her insulin was taken away – says justice has been delivered for her “bright girl with…[Continue Reading...]

Coercive control – warning signs and where to turn for help

Published February 25, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse controlling relationships, coercive control, coercive persuasion, research, warning signs

Domestic abuse isn’t always physical. In fact, coercive behaviour is often at its heart. According to the latest statistics, there were 43,774 recorded offences of coercive control in England and Wales in the year ending March 2023 – a significant…[Continue Reading...]

Their posters are everywhere, but behind Shen Yun lies a darker story

Published February 25, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged complaints, cults, dance company, Falun Gong, labor disputes, Shen Yun

Even if you don’t know Shen Yun’s name, you’ll know its ads: on a laminated A3 poster, a brightly dressed Chinese dancer leaps through the air, the words “CHINA BEFORE COMMUNISM” plastered above. Ostensibly, Shen Yun promises a two-hour musical,…[Continue Reading...]

The post-rationalist murder spree’s so-called “cult” leader has finally been arrested. What?

Published February 25, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged background, cult, cult leader, investagations, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, murders, Zizians

Silicon Valley breeds visionary ideas, and with them, communities of dreamers. But not all those ideas and communities are benevolent. It can be hard to separate harmful movements from aspirational ones, but it’s easy to exploit those who mistake one…[Continue Reading...]

Zizian cult defector believed to have died in 2022 has been in hiding, fearing maniac vegan group’s revenge

Published February 25, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, cult leader, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, murders, suicides, survivor story, Zizians

A former Zizian cult member widely believed to have died by suicide is actually alive and hiding from the “dangerous” group, The Post can reveal. Gwen Danielson was thought to have died in 2022 even by a lawyer representing her…[Continue Reading...]