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Lev Tahor crumbling with leaders in jail, opponents say, as raid deals cult new blow

Published December 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, criminal arrests, cult, Guatemala, Lev Tahor

NEW YORK — On the seventh night of Hanukkah in 2018, three men parked a rental car outside a home in the town of Woodridge in upstate New York. At 2:56 a.m., one of the men made a phone call…[Continue Reading...]

Former Lithuanian Jehovah’s Witness opens up about stolen childhood

Published December 26, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Jehovah's Witnesses Tagged childhood, suvivor story

Raised in a Jehovah’s Witness family, the photographer and stylist Deimantė Rudžinskaitė-Ivanauskė spent her childhood in a radically religious environment which held that a secular lifestyle was a sin. Now she published a book titled Secular (Pasaulietė). “Driven by [...]…[Continue Reading...]

Asian Insider: 20 years after Aceh tsunami | Orgies, beatings and child abuse in Malaysia cult

Published December 26, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, cult, Global Ikhwan group, Malaysia

Where were you on Dec 26, 2004? On that day, giant ocean waves devastated Indonesia’s Aceh province, killing more than 160,000 people. Aqil Hamzah and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja revisit the disaster zone 20 years on to see how the residents have…[Continue Reading...]

After girl, 14, gives birth, Lev Tahor member admits cult marries off children

Published December 26, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, child marriages, cult, Guatemala, Lev Tahor

Cult member Michael Goldman admits in interview that in the compound, from which about 200 children and boys were rescued, girls are being married off; 'We are marrying off minors, for sure'; Release of interview comes as 14-year-old girl gives…[Continue Reading...]

Man accuses ISKCON of ‘brainwashing’ daughter, Gujarat HC seeks response

Published December 25, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged brainwashing alegations, court case, Hare Krishnas, India, ISKCON

A retired army man has approached the Gujarat High Court seeking the return of his missing daughter, who has been allegedly ‘under the influence and brainwashing of priests from the ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) temple’ on SG Highway…[Continue Reading...]

Live updates: Lori Vallow jury selection for triple murder trial continues into third day

Published December 25, 2024 By admin

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

Lori Vallow Daybell smiled in court several times during an Aug. 16, 2022 pretrial hearing. (Image via Law&Crime Network) The triple murder trial for Lori Vallow Daybell , 49, a “ doomsday cult”-connected mother of two dead children and two…[Continue Reading...]

Relative of rescued Lev Tahor member discusses group’s psychological abuse – interview

Published December 25, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, cults, Guatemala, Lev Tahor, psychological abuse, ultra Orthodox Jewish sect

Oded Twik emotionally described the most meaningful moments in the process of rescuing family members from the Lev Tahor cult in Guatemala. "We must fight with all our strength and never give up," said Oded Twik, author of the book…[Continue Reading...]

Apollo Quiboloy, the disappointed ‘son of God’

Published December 24, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, cult leader, cults, Philippines

MANILA, Philippines—The year 2024 saw the arrest of Apollo Quiboloy for child abuse, sexual abuse and qualified trafficking cases. Quiboloy is a televangelist known for designating himself as the “appointed Son of God.” He is also the founder of Kingdom…[Continue Reading...]

The story of a small Donegal village home to two separate cults

Published December 24, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Atlantis commune, cult leaders, cults, Donegal, Jenny James, Marianne Martingale, Rhennish Community, Silver Sisterhood, UK

The story of two cults who set up shop in a small Donegal village at completely different times has resurfaced online and people can’t get over it. There are countless stories in history of cult leaders taking over an unsuspecting…[Continue Reading...]

Guatemala police clash with Jewish sect over 160 at-risk children

Published December 24, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, Guatemala, Lev Tahor, police raid, ultra Orthodox Jewish sect

Authorities in Guatemala have resisted efforts by members of a Jewish sect to recapture 160 children rescued from its premises. The children were taken into care on Friday when police raided a farm used by the Lev Tahor movement, which…[Continue Reading...]