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What makes a cult leader tick? The Bearcat digs into the origins of the Family, Australia’s ‘cult of cults’

Published May 12, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Anne Hamilton-Byrne, Australia, cult leader

Cults are intriguing. The word conjures images of followers with glazed eyes entranced by an extravagant narcissist. Cults also invite curious readers: truth-seekers eager to discover what magnetism draws followers into the orbit of their leader, and voyeurs keen to…[Continue Reading...]

Fresh rival cult clash kills two in Rivers

Published May 12, 2025 By admin

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

Two people were reportedly killed following a clash between rival cult groups in the Mile 1 and Mile axis of Diobu in Port Harcourt on Saturday. It was gathered that the clash was about territorial control. Sources in the densely…[Continue Reading...]

Victorian parliamentary hearing into cult groups commences

Published May 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, cults, government hearings, survivor stories

Psychologist and cult survivor Maria Esquerra has spoken on the “overdue” parliamentary hearing by the Victorian government into cults and fringe groups. “Myself with a lot of other people, mostly who grew up in cults, actually … we got together,…[Continue Reading...]

Would reported girlfriend Ana de Armas join Scientology for Tom Cruise?

Published May 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Ana de Armas, Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise

What to make of the reported love affair between Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas? Many questions swirl around the supposed romance of these two A-listers. Is it just a PR stunt, similar to how Cruise’s supposed romance with Hayley…[Continue Reading...]

‘Gwyneth Paltrow’s sex guru’ facing 20 years in jail over claims her $12m orgasmic meditation firm was an abusive sex cult that ‘recruited vulnerable women to perform sex acts’

Published May 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged celebrity endorsement, criminal trial, Gweneth Paltrow, Nicole Daedone, One Taste, OneTaste, Rachel Cherwitz

Once hailed as 'Gwyneth Paltrow's sex guru', Nicole Daedone was the glamorous, blonde wellness queen who claimed that the female orgasm could heal trauma, spark creativity and promote women's empowerment. In 2018, actress and multimillionaire businesswoman Paltrow granted Daedone, a…[Continue Reading...]

INTERVIEW: Nikki Jay Escaped a Cult — Now She’s Making a Game About It

Published May 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult survivor, cults, personal story

Quantum Witch developer Nikki Jay grew up in a cult. It was a heavily religious environment, with strict rules and harsh teachings. Most medical assistance was shunned, and there were constant lectures about the end of the world, how she…[Continue Reading...]

Witness testifies to mix of love and darkness living at OneTaste sex ‘cult’

Published May 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged court testimony, criminal trial, New York, Nicole Daedone, One Taste, OneTaste, Rachel Cherwitz

BROOKLYN (CN) — Defense attorneys on Friday finished cross-examining the first government witness at the trial against leaders of OneTaste, a company that sold a ritualized genital stroking practice as a form of meditation and, according to court testimony, required…[Continue Reading...]

LDS church agrees to ‘settlement in principle’ of more than 100 sex abuse lawsuits in California

Published May 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Mormons Tagged California, lawsuits, Mormon Church, settlement, sexual abuse

SAN DIEGO — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed in principle to settle more than 100 childhood sexual abuse lawsuits filed against it last year in San Diego and across California, according to recent court filings…[Continue Reading...]

LDS church agrees to ‘settlement in principle’ of more than 100 sex abuse lawsuits in California

Published May 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Mormons Tagged California, lawsuits, Mormon Church, settlement, sexual abuse

Televangelist Jim Bakker Says He Needs A Million Bucks Or ‘I’ll Be Out On The Street’

Published May 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Televangelists Tagged fund raising, Jim Bakker, scams, schemes

elevangelist Jim Bakker, who was at the heart of one of most notorious religious scandals of the 1980s, says he’s in desperate need of cash right now. And if he doesn’t get $1 million, he will lose everything and be…[Continue Reading...]