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Rebecca Minkoff Says Calling Scientology a ‘Cult’ Is ‘Hate Speech’ and ‘Bigoted’

Published February 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Rebecca Minkoff, Scientologists, Scientology

Don’t even think about using the C-word with Rebecca Minkoff. It’s vile. It’s horrible, and during The Real Housewives of New York reunion, she made it very clear that calling Scientology a “cult” is about as low as you can…[Continue Reading...]

Who Are the Zizians? Radical Trans ‘Cult’ With Ties to Border Agent Killing

Published February 4, 2025 By admin

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

The recent killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont is reportedly linked to a purported "death cult" made up of radical, highly-educated, vegan and transgender members known as the "Zizians." The group is said to revolve around Ziz,…[Continue Reading...]

The ‘Exciting Business Opportunity’ That Ruined Our Lives

Published February 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Amway, losing money on an MLM, MLM, multi-level marketing

The first time I recall my mother mentioning Amway, we were in the car late at night, coming back from a meeting at her boss’s house. Ten years old, I’d gone upstairs to play and missed the whole point of…[Continue Reading...]

‘Life is good when you’re not being tortured by your own demons’ — How a trans woman found peace outside the LDS Church

Published February 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Mormons Tagged LDS, Mormon Church, personal story, transgender Mormon

In 2017, Laurie Lee Hall publicly shared her remarkable journey as a transgender Latter-day Saint. It took her through joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving a two-year mission, marrying and having children, being called as a…[Continue Reading...]

‘Run away screaming’: Dad’s religious cult warning after son convicted over Struhs death

Published February 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, child abuse, child death, cults, Faith healing, The Saints

The father of one of 14 fringe-church group members convicted over the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs is speaking out to warn others about the dangers of religious cults. Lachlan Schoenfisch and his wife Samantha were two of 14 members…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-NPA official regrets allowing Aum cult to ‘go on the offensive’

Published February 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 1994, Aum Shinrikyo, gas attack, Japan, Tokyo

A bureau chief who oversaw police investigations into Aum Shinrikyo said he feels responsible for the “indecision” on a crackdown that allowed the cult to commit its deadly gas attack in Tokyo in 1995. According to Takashi Kakimi, who was…[Continue Reading...]

First woman receives sexually violent predator designation in Texas history as expert compares her to a cult leader

Published February 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, criminal convitions, cult leader, Desiree Hamm, sexual predator, Texas

The first woman was classified as a sexually violent predator in Texas history on Thursday after she was convicted more than a decade ago of the physical and psychological abuse of two teen girls, prosecutors said. Desiree Hamm, 37, received…[Continue Reading...]

How Shen Yun tapped religious fervor to make $266 million

Published February 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, Falun Gong, labor exploitation, Li Hongzhi, Shen Yun

Over the past decade, the dance group Shen Yun Performing Arts has made money at a staggering rate. The group had $60 million in 2015. It had $144 million by 2019. And by the end of last year, tax records…[Continue Reading...]

Tangled web of ‘Zizian cult’ duo who planned to marry and were both netted for separate murders in same week

Published February 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged California, cult, cult murders, Zizians

A Washington couple, who planned to marry, have been booked in separate murder cases in the same week - both seemingly linked to a violent California 'vegan trans cult'. The duo, who filed for a marriage license in King County, Washington…[Continue Reading...]

Rape instead of charity: Islamic food empire may have abused 600 children

Published February 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, criminal charges, Ihwan Global Business Holdings, Malaysia

Malaysian authorities say they have uncovered a horrifying operation run by Ihwan Global Business Holdings, a major corporation that claimed to promote Islamic values and assist impoverished families and orphaned children. The company, which operates restaurants serving Malaysian cuisine to…[Continue Reading...]

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