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Top court paves way to dissolve Unification Church

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged court ruling, cults, Japan, Unification Church

The Supreme Court upheld a ruling against the Unification Church and pushed the scandal-ridden religious organization closer toward dissolution. In a decision dated March 3, the Supreme Court ruled that the church, now officially called the Family Federation for World…[Continue Reading...]

‘Doomsday’ mom Lori Vallow insists she, husband Chad Daybell will be ‘exonerated’ in murder of her 2 kids: ‘Jesus showed me’

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, convicted murderer, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murder trials

Idaho “doomsday” mom Lori Vallow believes she and her murderous husband will be cleared and freed from prison — because “Jesus showed” her so, she said in her first interview since being convicted of killing her two youngest children. “We…[Continue Reading...]

Book details life inside Gloriavale

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, cult, Gloriavale, New Zealand, survivor story

A former member of the high-profile New Zealand sect Gloriavale has written a book about her life and she’s launching it at an event in rural east Auckland. Theophila Pratt, who was named Honey Faithful at birth, was born and…[Continue Reading...]

Europol warns of growing online cults dedicated to child abuse

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, online recruitment, targeting children online

The internet has revolutionized the way we connect, but it’s also opened the door to darker corners of society—especially when it comes to online groups targeting vulnerable children. Recently, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) issued a…[Continue Reading...]

Where is Habiybah Washington now? Details about the victim from How I Escaped My Cult explored

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, Nuwaubians, sexual abuse, survivor story

The former member of the Nuwaubian Nation, Habiybah Washington, managed to escape the cult, and her story is the focus of the fifth episode of How I Escaped My Cult. The leader of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, Dwight…[Continue Reading...]

Who is Debby Hopkins and what happened to her? All about the victim from How I Escaped My Cult

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, House of Yahweh, survivor story

Debby Hopkins, a member of the House of Yahweh, made her journey from a devotee to a free woman after twenty years with the group. The House of Yahweh was known to be a sect of people who enforced strict…[Continue Reading...]

Nurse who fled 1,500-person polygamous cult speaks out about everything she experienced growing up

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged FLDS, Polygamist cult, survivor story

Angela Johnson revealed what her childhood in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) was really like A nurse has told how she managed to flee a notorious polygamous cult which makes members completely 'isolated from the…[Continue Reading...]

Killer cult mom Lori Vallow looks unrecognizable in bizarre first sit-down interview as she vows she will be set free

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, convicted murderer, cult mom, Lori Vallow, murder trial

CONVICTED child murderer Lori Vallow looked unrecognizable as she appeared for her first-ever sit-down interview. The crazed cult mom went on a bizarre tangent about how she would be set free after being found guilty of murdering her children JJ,…[Continue Reading...]

Spitefulness linked to belief in conspiracy theories

Published March 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, disinformation, misinformation, research

Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? New research has highlighted an important factor: spite. Conspiracy theories—alternative explanations for major events that reject well-evidenced explanations in favor of implausible, illogical, or fantastical secret plots—have surged in popularity, particularly in times…[Continue Reading...]

Israeli lawmakers urge government to rescue children from Lev Tahor cult

Published March 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, cults, Guatemala, Israel, Lev Tahor

The Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs convened on Monday to discuss the fate of children rescued from the extremist sect in Guatemala, urging the Israeli government to take immediate action.Of the 160 minors removed from the sect's…[Continue Reading...]