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‘Run away screaming’: Dad’s religious cult warning after son convicted over Struhs death

Published February 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, child abuse, child death, cults, Faith healing, The Saints

The father of one of 14 fringe-church group members convicted over the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs is speaking out to warn others about the dangers of religious cults. Lachlan Schoenfisch and his wife Samantha were two of 14 members…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-NPA official regrets allowing Aum cult to ‘go on the offensive’

Published February 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 1994, Aum Shinrikyo, gas attack, Japan, Tokyo

A bureau chief who oversaw police investigations into Aum Shinrikyo said he feels responsible for the “indecision” on a crackdown that allowed the cult to commit its deadly gas attack in Tokyo in 1995. According to Takashi Kakimi, who was…[Continue Reading...]

First woman receives sexually violent predator designation in Texas history as expert compares her to a cult leader

Published February 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, criminal convitions, cult leader, Desiree Hamm, sexual predator, Texas

The first woman was classified as a sexually violent predator in Texas history on Thursday after she was convicted more than a decade ago of the physical and psychological abuse of two teen girls, prosecutors said. Desiree Hamm, 37, received…[Continue Reading...]

How Shen Yun tapped religious fervor to make $266 million

Published February 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, Falun Gong, labor exploitation, Li Hongzhi, Shen Yun

Over the past decade, the dance group Shen Yun Performing Arts has made money at a staggering rate. The group had $60 million in 2015. It had $144 million by 2019. And by the end of last year, tax records…[Continue Reading...]

Tangled web of ‘Zizian cult’ duo who planned to marry and were both netted for separate murders in same week

Published February 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged California, cult, cult murders, Zizians

A Washington couple, who planned to marry, have been booked in separate murder cases in the same week - both seemingly linked to a violent California 'vegan trans cult'. The duo, who filed for a marriage license in King County, Washington…[Continue Reading...]

Rape instead of charity: Islamic food empire may have abused 600 children

Published February 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, criminal charges, Ihwan Global Business Holdings, Malaysia

Malaysian authorities say they have uncovered a horrifying operation run by Ihwan Global Business Holdings, a major corporation that claimed to promote Islamic values and assist impoverished families and orphaned children. The company, which operates restaurants serving Malaysian cuisine to…[Continue Reading...]

What is Lev Tahor, the Jewish cult in the spotlight for child trafficking?

Published February 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, cult, Guatemala, investigations, Lev Tahor, sect, sexual abuse

Earlier this week, Guatemalan authorities, in coordination with Interpol, arrested Yoel Alter, a 35-year-old senior figure in the controversial Jewish sect Lev Tahor. Alter, wearing the group’s signature brown cloak, was detained outside a government-run centre for minors in Guatemala…[Continue Reading...]

David Balosa Sentenced For Sexually Abusing 4-Year-Old

Published February 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Jehovah's Witnesses Tagged criminal conviction, David Balosa, Pennsylvania, prison sentence, sexual abuse

A Jehovah’s Witness member from Philadelphia who sexually assaulted a 4-year-old child has been sentenced to up to four years in prison, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Friday, Jan. 31. David Balosa, 62, was convicted in September 2024 of…[Continue Reading...]

LDS Church prevails as federal appeals court tosses out James Huntsman’s tithing lawsuit

Published February 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged lawsuit, LDS, Mormon Church, Mormons, tithing

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finds “no reasonable juror” would believe allegations that the faith misrepresented how it spent money on City Creek Center. An appeals court has thrown out Utahn James Huntsman’s fraud lawsuit against The Church…[Continue Reading...]

Mormon church issues new restrictions on transgender members

Published February 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged LDS, LGBT, Mormon Church, Mormons, rules, transgender

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known widely as the Mormon church, issued a slew of new policies this week expanding its restrictions on transgender members. The policies, released Monday, include rules barring trans people from working with…[Continue Reading...]