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Clearwater discusses closing part of downtown street to sell to Church of Scientology during meeting

Published March 18, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Clearwater, development, Florida, real estate, Scientologists, Scientology

"They don't have any obligation to buy the street, and we don't have any obligation to sell it to them, but if they want to buy the street, the land, then I would hope that they would make some accommodations…[Continue Reading...]

Texas megachurch pastor to surrender in Oklahoma on child sexual abuse charges

Published March 18, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Dallas, Gateway Church, pastor, Robert Preston Morris, sexual abuse charges

A former pastor of a Texas megachurch is expected to turn himself into Oklahoma authorities Monday on child sexual abuse charges. Robert Preston Morris, 63, is expected to surrender to officials in Osage County, where he was charged last week…[Continue Reading...]

Thai Authorities Urged to Clamp Down on Buddha’s “Son” Cult

Published March 18, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Buddha boy cult, son of Buddha cult, Thailand

In a gripping turn of events, former Democrat MP Tankhun Jitt-itsara has urged Thai authorities to take firmer action against a controversial cult centred around a nine-year-old boy claiming to be the son of Buddha. This appeal comes in response…[Continue Reading...]

Four feared killed in Ogun cult clashes

Published March 18, 2025 By admin

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

Renewed cult clashes in the Alogi, Somorin and Obantoko areas of Ogun State on Saturday, between members of the outlawed Eiye and Aye confraternities have left about four persons dead. PUNCH Metro gathered that the clashes, which occurred simultaneously, saw…[Continue Reading...]

Japan victims voice fears 30 years after sarin subway attack

Published March 18, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aum Shinrikyo, Aum subway gassing, Japan, Tokyo, victims

Three decades since Shizue Takahashi's husband and a dozen others were killed with a nerve agent on Tokyo's subway, she fears Japan could see a repeat of the doomsday cult attack. Takahashi, whose husband worked for the metro system, told…[Continue Reading...]

Asking Eric: Conflicted over including nephew, who’s in a cult, in will

Published March 18, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged bequests, cults, inheritance, making wills

Dear Eric: It’s time for me to update my will, and I’m struggling with the division of my assets. I have no children of my own, and my general plan is to leave some to charity and distribute the rest…[Continue Reading...]

Ministries Not Filing a Form 990 Almost 200 ministries comprise this list, including some of the largest in the country.

Published March 17, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Televangelists Tagged evangelical ministries, financial transparency, research

This second list for March from the MinistryWatch 1000 database features the 189 Christian ministries that do not file a Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service. The groups are listed alphabetically, and some of the largest ministries in the…[Continue Reading...]

28 years ago, Heaven’s Gate couldn’t wait

Published March 17, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged California, cult leader, cult suicides, doomsday cult, Heaven's Gate, Marshal Applewhite

Dateline Rancho Santa Fe. March 26, 1997. A 911 call came into the San Diego Sheriff’s Communications Center. It was treated as a prank call at first. From what turned out to be a nearby payphone, the caller said something…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-congregants say rape-accused pastor Zondo is a ‘cult leader’

Published March 17, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged alleged cult leader, cults, rape claims, Rivers of Living Water Church, South Africa, Stephen Zondo

As rape-accused church leader, Stephen Zondo, prepares to return to the Pretoria High Court today, ex-congregants have described him as a cult leader who brainwashed worshippers. The Rivers of Living Water Church leader is accused of sexually assaulting several women…[Continue Reading...]

On this day in 2000, Uganda witnessed the horrific Kanungu massacre: How a Christian doomsday cult killed more than 700 people

Published March 17, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged doomsday cult, mass murders, mass suicides, Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments, Uganda

oday marks 25 years since the gruesome Kanungu cult massacre in Uganda that claimed the lives of more than 700 people. The incident marks the darkest chapter in the history of the East African country whose past is full of…[Continue Reading...]