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Forthcoming book to tell of sexual abuse within insular religious sect

Published September 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, sexual abuse, two by twos

GUELPH – Brianna Bell was the first journalist to break the story about abuse in the Two by Twos church, a story the Guelph-based freelance journalist wrote for the Daily Dot two years ago. Six months after that, the FBI…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church head hospitalized ahead of corruption investigation summons

Published September 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged bribery investigation, poltical influence, South Korea, Unification Church

The head of the Unification Church, Han Hak-ja, who faces allegations of instructing a request for sect-related favors targeting former President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife, was confirmed to have been hospitalized at Seoul Asan Hospital on the 4th ahead…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-priest of ‘cult’ church group to face retrial on five sex offence charges

Published September 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Christopher Brain, criminal prosecution, cult leader, UK

Christopher Brain, 68, went on trial accused of one count of rape and 36 counts of indecent assault against 13 women during the years he led the movement, which was part of the Church of England, between 1986 and 1995…[Continue Reading...]

Aum Supreme Truth Cult Successor Aleph Has Widow, Son of Executed Founder as Officers or Members, Govt Commission Finds

Published September 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Aleph, Aum Shinrikyo, cult leader, cults, Japan, Shoko Asahara, son of Asahara, widow

The Public Security Examination Commission on Wednesday handed down a sixth regulatory action against Aleph, the primary successor organization of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, based on the Law on the Control of Organizations Which Committed Indiscriminate Mass Murder. The…[Continue Reading...]

Police make arrests over Kenya cult-linked deaths as 34 bodies found

Published September 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cults, Good News International Church, Kenya

Eleven suspects are in custody following the exhumation of 34 bodies and recovery of 102 human remains from shallow graves in Kenya’s Kilifi County, police confirmed, in what authorities say is a return of cult-linked killings. Police Chief Douglas Kanja,…[Continue Reading...]

Sask. RCMP raid ‘Queen of Canada’ cult compound, arrest 16 adults

Published September 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Canada, criminal charges, cult leader, cults, Romana Didulo

Saskatchewan RCMP arrested 16 adults, including cult leader Romana Didulo, in the village of Richmound on Wednesday after a firearms investigation. At a news conference on Wednesday afternoon in Regina, Insp. Ashley St. Germaine said RCMP executed a search warrant…[Continue Reading...]

Cult leader known as the ‘Queen of Canada’ arrested in Saskatchewan village

Published September 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Canada, criminal charges, cult leader, Romana Didulo

Saskatchewan RCMP arrested 16 adults, including cult leader Romana Didulo, in the village of Richmound on Wednesday after a firearms investigation. Watch video report https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/cult-leader-known-as-the-queen-of-canada-arrested-in-saskatchewan-village/vi-AA1LPk6R[Continue Reading...]

Korean court upholds ruling against neo-Christian sect

Published September 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged building permit, cult leader, cults, Lee Man-Hee, Shincheonji Church of Jesus, South Korea

A South Korean city’s mayor has welcomed an appeals court's upholding a ruling that revoked a neo-Christian sect’s fraudulently obtained permit to use a building for religious purposes. Mayor Lee Dong-hwan of Goyang City welcomed the ruling against the Shincheonji…[Continue Reading...]

Arrest follows Sewell gate-crashing press conference

Published September 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, criminal charges, neo Nazi, Thomas Sewell

On Tuesday morning, Mr Sewell and an associate gate-crashed a press conference with the Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan. He shouted insults and accusations at Ms Allan, who quickly left the area while a security detail blocked the men. Police earlier…[Continue Reading...]

South Korea bribery probe targets Unification Church’s ‘business-religion complex’

Published September 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged bribery scandal, cult, South Korea, Unification Church

South Korea’s Unification Church has forcefully rejected allegations that its leader, Han Hak-ja, bribed the wife of former president Yoon Suk-yeol, even as prosecutors expand a corruption investigation that threatens to expose decades of the church’s political entanglements. In a…[Continue Reading...]