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Church of Scientology sparks backlash in Chicago with new ‘ideal’ branch offering students at nearby Columbia College ‘spiritual counseling’

Published March 11, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Chicago, college students, Scientologists, Scientology

The Church of Scientology has incurred the wrath of locals and university students after shutting down an entire city block to open its new 'ideal branch' in Chicago. The grand opening ceremony in South Loop saw followers block access to…[Continue Reading...]

A self-proclaimed prophet built a ‘spiritual cult’ online. Now, six followers are missing

Published March 11, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, missing cult members, Rashad Jamal White

A group of six people, including two young children, have been missing since August – and police say the adults all have one thing in common – they all openly follow a self-proclaimed “prophet” and rapper with a massive social…[Continue Reading...]

Children of God sex cult survivor details horrifying abuse she experienced as young as 5

Published March 11, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, Children of God, cult leader, Moses David Berg, sexual abuse

A survivor of the notorious Children of God cult detailed the horrifying abuse she suffered when she was as young as five — revealing how the so-called “free love” ideals of the group promoted the sexual abuse of children. Daniella…[Continue Reading...]

South coast cult leader William ‘Little Pebble’ Kamm, partner charged with alleged historical child grooming

Published March 11, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, criminal charges, cult leader, Little Pebble, pedophile, predator, sexual predator, William Kamm

Religious cult leader William "Little Pebble" Kamm and his partner have been charged by New South Wales Police for alleged child grooming. Police allege the pair groomed the child for more than a decade on the New South Wales South…[Continue Reading...]

Fake prophet kidnaps woman

Published March 10, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Kidnapping, phony prophet, South Africa

A Gweru-based fake prophet from an apostolic sect was sentenced to four years in jail for kidnapping a female fuel attendant. Chengetai Mudhedye was dragged to the Gweru magistrate court last week where he appeared before magistrate Nixon Mangoti. Mangoti…[Continue Reading...]

Alleged cult leader once living in Hawaii sentenced to life in prison for sex crimes

Published March 10, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, Eligio Bishop, Hawaii

DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (HawaiiNewsNow) - A jury convicted a self-professed cult leader who once planned to settle down in Hawaii with his followers of multiple sex crimes in Georgia. Officials say on March 1, Eligio Bishop was convicted of rape,…[Continue Reading...]

The razor-blade king and the cult: Big stories hide inside this LA park

Published March 10, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged California, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Gillette Razor Estate

The property was sold to the Church Universal and Triumphant, a New Age religious order and doomsday cult that believed its leader, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, was a messenger for God. Prophet named the estate “Camelot” and made the mansion her…[Continue Reading...]

Blighted Scientology Building Returned To Tax Rolls

Published March 9, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Connecticut, New Haven, real estate holdings, Scientologists, Scientology

Scientologists will have to pay taxes after sitting on plans to resurrect Ron Hubbard’s spirit inside the deteriorating doors of a former furniture store — now that the city revoked the church’s tax-exempt status. Acting City Tax Assessor Alex Pullen informed the…[Continue Reading...]

CTV National News: Cult leader in Saskatchewan

Published March 9, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, QAnon, QAnon Queen, Saskatchewan

An extremist cult leader and her followers have set up camp in a small Saskatchewan community. Merella Fernandez reports.[Continue Reading...]

Ivy Ridge director Jason Finlinson is fired from his job after scathing Netflix documentary reveals abuse at cult school

Published March 9, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, Academy at Ivy Ridge, Jason Finlinson, trauma, troubled teen program

THE director of an abusive school at the center of a Netflix documentary has been fired from his job days after the streaming giant exposed the brutal treatment students endured at the cult institution. Jason Finlinson, who directed Academy at…[Continue Reading...]