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Nonprofit supporting victims of 1995 Tokyo sarin attack to disband

Published March 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aum Shinrikyo, cult leader, doomsday cult, Shoko Asahara, subway gas attack, survivors, Tokyo

A nonprofit group helping victims of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult plans to disband at the end of March. The Tokyo-based Recovery Support Center, which conducts mass health…[Continue Reading...]

‘Big Family, Big City’ Star Amber de la Mottes Recalls Feeling ‘Brainwashed’ by Conservative Church

Published March 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged authoritarian church, Brainwashing, fundamentalists, survivor story

The de la Mottes family is still processing their 15 years as members of their conservative church. “[It felt like we were] brainwashed members of a cult,” Amber de la Motte shared on TLC’s Big Family, Big City on Tuesday,…[Continue Reading...]

Court Ruling Declares Gestalt Therapy a Pseudoscience Amid Sect-Like Practices

Published March 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged controversy, court ruling, Gestalt Therapy, Spain

The ruling follows years of legal battles after Santamaría and his colleagues published a 2022 report with the Institute Salud Sin Bulos, in which they argued that Gestalt Therapy is not only ineffective but also financially and psychologically harmful to…[Continue Reading...]

Missing Guatemalan children believed concealed by cult members in Belize, Police warn

Published March 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Belize, child abuse, criminal charges, cults, Guatemala, Lev Tahor

By Horace Palacio: The Belize Police Department has issued an urgent appeal to the public for assistance in locating missing Guatemalan children believed to be concealed within Belizean territory by members of a suspected cult. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams…[Continue Reading...]

I was raised in a cult & forced to ‘marry’ a man, 67, at the age of THREE – I escaped but so many are still in danger

Published March 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, Children of God, cul, leader, sex cult, sexual abuse, survivor storyoses David Berg

SIPPING coffee, Serena Kelley takes in the gorgeous landscape of her home in New Mexico. It might be hard to believe but it was this moment that was her greatest ambition in life. “I vividly remember gazing at the people…[Continue Reading...]

The Dark Allure of the Zizians: Unraveling a Cult of Violence and Mystery

Published March 2, 2025 By admin

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

A secretive group called the Zizians, with ties to AI and veganism, is linked to violent crimes across the U.S. The mysterious deaths of Richard and Rita Zajko have garnered attention, implicating their daughter Michelle as a person of interest.…[Continue Reading...]

Elizabeth Struhs: How young girl’s parents in religious sect The Saints let daughter die without insulin

Published March 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, Brendan Luke Stevans, chid abuse, criminal convictions, cult leader, cults, The Saints

WARNING: CONFRONTING CONTENT Elizabeth Rose Struhs had just finished grade three at school and like any child was looking forward to the holidays. But the eight-year-old never made it to grade four. Sign up to The Nightly's newsletters. Get the…[Continue Reading...]

13 Missing Guatemalan Children and Their Captor in Belize?

Published March 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Belize, child abuse, cults, Guatemala, Lev Tahor, sects

Earlier this week, Belizean authorities deported three men back to Guatemala, believed to be members of the extremist Jewish sect Lev Tahor, which is based in Guatemala. Authorities confirmed that two of the men are wanted for multiple child abductions…[Continue Reading...]

Pew: Utah’s religious “nones” rise; Christianity — including Mormonism — declines

Published February 28, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Mormons, religious affiliation, Utah

Utahns in a major study were likelier than Americans as a whole to say they were religiously unaffiliated — even though the state is widely considered the most religious. The big picture: 34% of Utah respondents identified as atheist, agnostic…[Continue Reading...]

Pastor TD Jakes speaks on gay sex assault claims

Published February 28, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged lawsuits, sexual abuse claims, T.D. Jakes, televangelist

American preacher and televangelist Bishop Thomas Dexter Jakes has denied allegations of sexual assault against two pastor brothers decades ago. TheNewsGuru reports that a former pastor Duane Youngblood, 58, had accused the Megachurch pastor in 2024, of targeting him over…[Continue Reading...]