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Religious cult guilty of killing girl urged to consider psych evaluation

Published February 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, child dead, child death, criminal convictions, cults, faith healing sect, medical neglect, The Saints

Members of a religious cult found guilty of killing a Queensland girl have been asked by a judge to consider having psychiatric evaluation before they are sentenced. Eight-year-old diabetic Elizabeth Struhs died in January 2022 while lying on a mattress…[Continue Reading...]

NXIVM Cult Allegations: Racketeering, Sex Trafficking and Fraud

Published February 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged co-conspirators, criminal convictions, cult leader, cults, Keith Raniere, NXIVM

A racketeering conspiracy, sex cult allegations, financial crimes and fraud? Anyone familiar with the first season of the investigative podcast series "Escaping NXIVM" will know that all of these crimes were committed by one group that rose and fell within…[Continue Reading...]

Girl rescued from Lev Tahor cult, 6, reunites with Israeli family

Published February 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, cult, Israel, Lev Tahor, survivor story

A 6-year-old girl rescued from the extremist Lev Tahor cult in Guatemala has been reunited with her extended family, who traveled from Israel to secure her release. The girl’s grandmother was granted custody following legal proceedings with Guatemalan authorities.The Guatemalan…[Continue Reading...]

Piecemakers’ store seized to pay multi-million judgment to former member

Published February 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged asset liquidation, bankruptcy, cult, Orange County, Piecemakers

The bankruptcy trustee arrived — with a locksmith — around noon on Friday, Jan. 31. Upstairs, an heirloom teddy bear-making class was in session. Downstairs, budding quilters sewed. And in the tearoom, customers sipped homemade soups and nibbled fresh sandwiches…[Continue Reading...]

Murder Cult Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in VT Border Agent Shooting

Published February 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult leader, cults, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, murders, Zizians

The suspect in the death of Vermont Customs and Border Patrol agent David C. Maland pleaded not guilty Friday, the latest plot point in a story involving a bizarre AI-vegan-transgender cult linked to six killings across the U.S. Teresa Youngblut, 21,…[Continue Reading...]

Exorcist priest accused of ripping out teen’s hair, ‘growling’ in bizarre spiritual cleansing

Published February 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, Carlos Martins, criminal charges, exorcism, Illinois, Roman Catholic pries

A Michigan priest known for leading religious relic tours and hosting an exorcism podcast has been charged after allegedly placing a teenage girl's hair in his mouth and proceeding to floss his teeth with it. Father Carlos Martins, a member…[Continue Reading...]

Life coaching is on the rise, but amid promises of big money, experts say some are running ‘certificate mills’

Published February 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged certificate mills, Life Coaching. life coaches, NLP, nuero linguistic programming

It wasn't until after she got out that Sara Isbister realised she'd been caught in what she now likens to a "commercial cult". In late 2017 she was vulnerable and emotionally strained. The Australian was living in New Zealand with…[Continue Reading...]

Chicago psychic guilty of fraud for promising to remove curse, stealing $72K

Published February 8, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Chicago, criminal conviction, Jennifer Williams, psychic scam

CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — A Chicago “psychic” has pleaded guilty to defrauding a customer by promising to remove a curse and stealing $72,000. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Jennifer Williams, 51, pleaded guilty to theft by deception and was sentenced…[Continue Reading...]

FBI enlists NZ police to investigate sexual abuse in secretive sect

Published February 8, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, FBI investigation, New Zealand police, sexual abuse, two by twos

The FBI is sharing information about alleged sexual abuse within an underground religious group with New Zealand police as part of its global investigation. Just over a year ago, the US agency took the unusual step of publicly asking victims…[Continue Reading...]

‘Cult making kids kill’: Mysterious online figure linked to at least 2 school shootings

Published February 8, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged hate groups, Nitro, online grooming, shootings

Before 17-year-old Solomon Henderson fatally shot a fellow student and then took his own life at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee last month, he left a trail of documents and social media posts that revealed his immersion in a…[Continue Reading...]