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Group launches campaign against cultism, police brutality, insecurity in Edo

Published May 25, 2025 By admin

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

BENIN CITY – A group, the Peaceful Edo Initiative, under the banner of the Movement for a Peaceful Edo (PEM), has launched a statewide campaign aimed at promoting sustainable peace and tackling insecurity, cultism, and unprofessional conduct by some security…[Continue Reading...]

Religious extremism: When does faith turn into cult?

Published May 25, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, Kenya, religious extremism, warning signs

Concerns over religious extremism and cult-like practices are increasing in Rwanda, and the region. For instance, in 2024, Rwandan authorities shut down over 100 church caves for failing to meet legal requirements, following reports of worshipers living in isolation under…[Continue Reading...]

The new move to expose the insidious tactics of Australia’s cults

Published May 25, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, cults, exposing cults, government action

Tore Klevjer has seen the destruction done to the lives of many people who have become part of a cult in Australia.The president of Cult Information and Family Support Australia is hoping an inquiry into the tactics of cults and…[Continue Reading...]

Raphael Aron shares his mission to rescue people from cults

Published May 25, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, cult intervention, cults, Raphael Aron

After more than five decades of extracting hundreds of people from cults, Raphael Aron says the situation’s only getting worse and more people than ever are being brainwashed. “I get at least one call a week from a family wanting…[Continue Reading...]

Yoko Ono’s daughter was kidnapped, raised in cult — and didn’t reunite with her mom for decades

Published May 25, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, kidnapped daughter, Living Word Fellowship, Yoko Ono

Kyoko Ono is speaking out over a traumatic time in her life. After she was kidnapped at seven years old by her dad, Anthony Cox, her mom Yoko Ono and her step-father John Lennon moved to New York City in…[Continue Reading...]

‘Murder cult leader’ behind alleged neo-Nazi plot to poison students at Brooklyn Jewish schools extradited to US following arrest in Moldova

Published May 25, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult leader, Maniac Murder Cult, Michail Chkhikvishvili, United States

Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old from Georgia, has been extradited to the United States from Moldova after federal authorities say he led a “murder cult” and tried to poison students at Brooklyn Jewish schools. Chkhikvishvili — known as “Commander Butcher,” according…[Continue Reading...]

Arizona judge denies Lori Vallow Daybell’s request for new trial

Published May 24, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged appeal denied, Arizona, cult mom, Lori Vallow, murder convictions

PHOENIX — A judge on Friday denied a request from Lori Vallow Daybell for a new trial after jurors found her guilty of conspiring to murder her then-husband, Charles Vallow. She asked for a new trial on May 1, just…[Continue Reading...]

Accused neo-Nazi cult leader extradited to US, as DOJ alleges ties to deadly Nashville school shooting

Published May 24, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult leader, Maniac Murder Cult, Michail Chkhikvishvili

The alleged leader of a neo-Nazi cult based overseas has been extradited to the United States and accused of "multiple senseless killings" around the world, including the shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville earlier this year that left one…[Continue Reading...]

Possible Suicide Cluster Linked to Zizian Group, on Top of Killings

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes

With more stories emerging of individuals whose lives were impacted by the so-called Zizian cult in the Bay Area and beyond, it's become clear that there were more victims besides the six people who were killed at the hands of…[Continue Reading...]

This Village In America Still Practices Polygamy

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, FLDS, Polygamists, Short Creek

In a quiet corner of the American Southwest lies a village where one man having three or more wives is not an anomaly; it’s expected. In this community, dozens of children may share the same father, and everyone seems to…[Continue Reading...]