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U.S. attorney recommends 50-year sentence for former polygamist sect leader who kept ‘child brides’

Published December 5, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal conviction, polygamist cult leader, Samuel Bateman, sentencing

Polygamous self-proclaimed "prophet" Samuel Bateman rose to power in a fundamentalist group after the original leader, Warren Jeffs, was imprisoned. Watch video[Continue Reading...]

Leaked ‘War Room’ seminars show Andrew Tate advising men to ‘isolate’ women away from friends, jobs

Published December 5, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse controlling relationships, Andrew Tate, coercive persuasion, manipulation

The War Room is Tate’s highest subscription tier, an online service that charges members $8,000 a year to gain access to, according to Tate, “thousands of professionals from around the world who encourage personal responsibility and accountability.” It was recently…[Continue Reading...]

The parents suspected of the deaths of the two babies were members of the Messianic Jewish sect

Published December 5, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Croatia, dead babies, investigation, Messianic Jewish sect

The investigation into the case of the buried babies in the yard of a house near Varaždin, Croatia, has begun. The parents of the two babies are being interrogated, said Darko Galić, deputy of the county state prosecutor. Parents are…[Continue Reading...]

Victim who was ‘given to’ Samuel Bateman when she was 14 says she was stripped of her identity, family relationships

Published December 5, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, child abuse, polygamist cult leader, Samuel Bateman, sexual abuse

Polygamous self-proclaimed "prophet" Samuel Bateman rose to power in a fundamentalist group after the original leader, Warren Jeffs, was imprisoned. Bateman was installed as the "prophet" after Jeffs issued an edict voiding existing marriages and prohibiting new ones until he…[Continue Reading...]

Nigerian pastor living in Britain unlawfully to be deported after ‘cult’ church is shut down over alleged £1.87m fraud

Published December 5, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leder, fraud, Spac Nation Church, Tobi Adegboyega, UK

A Nigerian pastor has lost his deportation battle - despite claiming it would breach his human rights - after his controversial church was shut down over an alleged £1.87 million fraud. Tobi Adegboyega, 44, who is the cousin of Star…[Continue Reading...]

John Boyega’s cousin faces deportation over cult church fraud

Published December 5, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged deportation, financial controversy, sect leader, Tobi Adegboyega, UK

Tobi Adegboyega, cousin of Star Wars actor John Boyega, is facing deportation over fraud charges relating to the controversial SPAC Nation church. SPAC Nation offered ‘safe houses’ to vulnerable people including ex gang members, but has been embroiled in scandal.…[Continue Reading...]

Part 2: My Battle with Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Followers in Hawaii

Published December 5, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Chris Butler. cult leader, cult, Science of Identity, Tulsi Gabbard

One morning in early 2017, just weeks after I'd begun digging into the Science of Identity cult connected to Tulsi Gabbard, something in the background of a local TV news story caught my attention. I was only half awake, rushing…[Continue Reading...]

Retired New Orleans priest pleads guilty to kidnapping and raping boy in 1970s

Published December 4, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged child abuse, guilty plea, Lawrence Hecker, New Orleans, rape, Roman Catholic priest, sexual abuse

Shortly before a jury was supposed to be chosen for his trial on criminal charges of kidnapping and raping a boy in the mid-1970s, the self-acknowledged serial child molester and retired Roman Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty on Tuesday…[Continue Reading...]

Shock after new revelations of sexual abuse by Piarist priest in Senegal

Published December 4, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Catholic Church in Senegal, Josep Maria Canet, priest, Senegal, sexual abuse

The Catholic commission defending minors sexually abused in the Catholic Church in Senegal Church has revealed new cases of sexual abuse committed by a member of the Piarist religious order. In the Diocese of Ziguinchor, where the accused operated for…[Continue Reading...]

An Expert Weighs in on MLMs

Published December 4, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged MLM, mullti level marketing, multi level marketing schemes, research

Dr. Jesse Veenstra ('08), a finance professor, grew up in the orbit of multi-level marketing (MLM) companies like Tupperware and Herbalife. “I remember family friends asking my parents to participate in different multi-level marketing organizations,” he says. “I’ve been recruited…[Continue Reading...]