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Arizona’s constitution prohibits polygamy: Why it still happens

Published December 18, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged abuse, Arizona, laws, Polygamists, polygamy

Polygamy is outlawed in the state constitution, but there are still likely hundreds of Arizonans who engage in plural marriages. Why it matters: Some religions — namely, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) — view plural…[Continue Reading...]

YouTube Sues Gan Jing World, Accusing Video Site of ‘Stealing’ Content to ‘Create a Clone of YouTube’

Published December 18, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Falun Dafa, Falun Gong, lawsuit, YouTube

YouTube filed a lawsuit against Ganjingworld, which operates the Gan Jing World video-sharing site, alleging that it has been “automatically vacuuming up YouTube user channels and associated content from YouTube.” Ganjingworld’s service “clones most of YouTube’s functionalities and its overall…[Continue Reading...]

Don’t rush into multilevel marketing. Most consumers make little to no money. | Opinion

Published December 18, 2024 By admin

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

Multilevel marketing (MLM) programs are a legitimate way of selling products – think Amway, Tupperware and Mary Kay. They become illegal pyramid schemes when the emphasis is on recruiting new distributors rather than actually selling products. Most participants in pyramid…[Continue Reading...]

900+ abusers, survivors spanning globe documented in Christian sect known as ‘The Way’

Published December 18, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, secretive sect, sexual abuse, The Way, two by twos

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Nearly every detail about the religious group Lisa Webb’s family belonged to was hidden from the outside world. Its followers met in homes rather than churches. Its leadership structure was hard to discern, its finances opaque.…[Continue Reading...]

Michigan releases report accusing 56 people of sexual abuse in Catholic diocese

Published December 17, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse

Michigan’s top state prosecutor on Monday issued a report outlining allegations against nearly 60 people at the Roman Catholic diocese of Lansing accused of sexually abusing children and vulnerable adults over the last seven decades. The state attorney general Dana…[Continue Reading...]

I know my neighbour’s in a CULT run by a convicted sex offender – his job is ringing major alarm bells

Published December 17, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged convicted criminal, cult leader, Keith Raniere, NXIVM, sex cult

The woman, who identified herself as just Joanne, wrote in to Katherine Ryan's Telling Everybody Everything podcast for advice on the person living next door to her. While she refused to confirm her neighbour's gender for privacy issues, she decided…[Continue Reading...]

‘Purity’ or ‘harm and control’? Inside the Shincheonji church

Published December 17, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, cult leader, cult recruitment, Lee Man-Hee, Shincheonji Church

Over the past two years I’ve received multiple invitations to join Shincheonji’s Bible course and evangelism events. I’ve grown up Christian so I didn’t find the invitations odd. But I repeatedly declined them. However I was curious about the number…[Continue Reading...]

NYC man says tele-psychotherapist ran a ‘cult’ — and duped him out of $200K

Published December 17, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult allegations, fraud claims, lawsuit, New York, Robert George Buliga

A New York City man claims he was scammed by a Romanian national posing as a psychotherapist, who was able to “effectively brainwash” him into believing his soul — and those of his relatives — would be doomed to eternal…[Continue Reading...]

The dark underbelly of Shen Yun shows

Published December 16, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse allegations, cult, dance company, Falun Gong, Shen Yun

In cities around the world, vibrant advertisements for the Chinese traditional dance troupe Shen Yun catch the eye – on billboards, television and even on leaflets posted through front doors. "Swirling in colourful costumes", Shen Yun dancers are sent out…[Continue Reading...]