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Leader of controversial spiritual group fights back against cult allegations

Published February 16, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult allegations, Erna Ernst, Netherlands, Onze Huiskamer

Erna Ernst, founder of the spiritual group Onze Huiskamer, is pushing back against allegations that she leads a cult. After years of facing accusations, she has hired a lawyer and is demanding that authorities launch an official investigation. “These claims…[Continue Reading...]

Manhunt underway after ‘death cult’ linked to six fatalities

Published February 16, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, cult leader, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, manhunt, murder charges, Zizianbs

A manhunt is underway in multiple American states for people belonging to a cultlike group of pseudo-intellectuals known as the Zizians, who have been linked to six deaths. One member was arrested and another killed after a traffic stop escalated…[Continue Reading...]

Fiery moment Christian group performing a Haka face down a Pride parade in Auckland – as the police are forced to intervene and the local mayor condemns alleged ‘thuggery’

Published February 15, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Auckland, Brian Tamaki, cult leader, cults, Destiny Church, New Zealand

A Christian fundamentalist group has clashed with police after it protested a rainbow Pride parade while performing a haka. Members of Brian Tamaki's Destiny Church held up the parade in central Auckland on Saturday, wearing T-shirts with the words 'Man…[Continue Reading...]

Commenters react to viral photo of televangelist’s lavish mansion: ‘He would be a … great villain in a movie’

Published February 15, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Televangelists Tagged jets, Kenneth Copeland, mansion, taxes

Televangelist Kenneth Copeland has caught a lot of heat over his luxurious lifestyle. In a post in the subreddit r/pics, someone shared a photo of his mansion with the caption: "The humble home of pastor Kenneth Copeland, next to his…[Continue Reading...]

Why People Believe in Pseudoscience—and Why It’s So Dangerous

Published February 15, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged pseudoscience, research, true believers

We live in an era where information is more accessible than ever before. Paradoxically, this hasn’t made us wiser—it’s made us more vulnerable to misinformation. Pseudoscience, once confined to the fringes, now floods our social media feeds, seeps into our…[Continue Reading...]

Scientology’s ‘wealthiest’ donor: Trump Kennedy Center appointee is longtime ally of controversial sect

Published February 15, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Kennedy Center, Scientologists, Scientology, Trish Duggan

On Thursday, February 13, President Donald Trump announced some appointees to the John F. Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees. Most of them aren't controversial. Trump named veteran GOP consultant Susie Wiles, who is now White House chief of staff in…[Continue Reading...]

How the “Zizian cult” started, and may have led to VT

Published February 14, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged background, cult leader, cults, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, murders, Zizianbs

COVENTRY, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – As details about the shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont continue emerging, new information now shows the two people who were pulled over and involved in the shooting may have ties to…[Continue Reading...]

Falwells ready to sell the South Beach hostel that launched the ‘pool boy’ saga

Published February 14, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Florida, Jerry Falwell Jr., sex scandal, youth hostel

Jerry Falwell Jr. looks ready to sever ties with the South Beach hostel that launched the “pool boy” sex saga, though the pending deal is tied up in a court fight. In 2013, a company set up by the former…[Continue Reading...]

Man bags 10 years for belonging to secret cult

Published February 14, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, gangs, Nigeria, prison sentence, secret cults

An Ogun Special Anti-Cultism Court sitting in Abeokuta, yesterday sentenced a 35- year-old man, Timileyin Afolayan, to 10 years in prison for belonging to a secret cult group. The convict, who resides at number 26, Bajomo Ijaye Ojokoro, Lagos state,…[Continue Reading...]

Elizabeth Struhs death: 14 found guilty of manslaughter to be sentenced

Published February 14, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, child death, faily healing cult, medical neglect, The Saints

The sister of an eight-year-old girl who died after those who were meant to care for her withdrew her life saving medication told a court their actions have caused immense pain for her family. A cult-like religious circle found guilty…[Continue Reading...]