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All eyes on deviant cults

Published September 29, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, government action, Malaysia, sects

IPOH: There are currently fewer than 10 deviant cults operating in Perak and the authorities are keeping a close watch on them, says Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad. The Perak Mentri Besar acknowledged the existence of these groups but opted not…[Continue Reading...]

Cult leavers ‘often like refugees in their own country’

Published September 29, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult recovery, cults, New Zealand

Decult is being held at Christchurch’s Tūranga Central Library on October 19 and 20. It aims to bring together cult leavers, academic experts, advocates, and activists to "help raise awareness, build networks, and educate professionals who want to minimise harm".…[Continue Reading...]

‘I told women to get abortions’ – a cult survivor on brainwashing and regrets

Published September 28, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult conference, cults, Janja Lalich, New Zealand

San Francisco in the 1970s was exploding with liberation. From black rights to the first feminist advocacy group for sex workers, the Californian city was charged with an atmosphere of political change. So when the Vietnam War ended on April…[Continue Reading...]

GISB: unmasking the shadowy sect behind Malaysia’s worst child sex abuse scandal

Published September 28, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, cult, Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holding, Malaysia

Celebration Mall had stood empty for years until new owners with grand ambitions swept in 24 years ago. Soon, the derelict shopping centre – nestled in the Bandar Country Homes neighbourhood of Rawang, Malaysia – was reborn into a bustling…[Continue Reading...]

Many feared dead as cult groups clash in Imo

Published September 28, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, deaths, gangs, Nigeria, violence

The incident, which occurred on Thursday, was said to have started when the cult members engaged in a gun duel over supremacy and territoriality. An indigene of the community who spoke to TheCable said the cultists shot more than 10…[Continue Reading...]

My years in a cult that groomed children to have sex with adults

Published September 28, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, cult leader, survivor story

When Prem Sargam was six years old, her father left his job with IBM and disappeared from their home in Devon to join an ashram in Pune, India, in pursuit of spiritual enlightenment as a sannyasin or religious adherent. She…[Continue Reading...]

US Catholic diocese agrees to pay $323m to child sexual abuse survivors

Published September 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged bankaruptch settlement, Diocese of Rockville Center, New York, Roman Catholic Church, sexual abuse

A Roman Catholic diocese in Long Island, New York, announced a new bankruptcy settlement on Thursday that would pay more than $323m to about 530 sex abuse survivors who alleged they were abused by priests when they were children. The…[Continue Reading...]

Police investigation into GISBH ‘organised crime’ network unearth coercion, rampant brainwashing to ensure loyalty, and multiple brides as reward

Published September 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal investigation, cult, Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holding, Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 — Ongoing police investigations into Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) have found mass brainwashing within the group to enforce devotion to its top leaders as well as threats, blackmail and the offer…[Continue Reading...]

Prosecution rests in fundamentalist Mormon child sex abuse trial

Published September 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal trial, cult leader, Polygamist cult, Samuel Bateman, sexual abuse charges

PHOENIX (CN) — The prosecution in a federal trial against two Arizona men accused of aiding and abetting a child sex abuse ring within a fundamentalist Mormon sect rested its case Thursday afternoon, closing with a witness who says she…[Continue Reading...]

Former ‘die-hard believer’ of QAnon explains what finally made her question the conspiracy theory

Published September 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, QAnon, survivor story

QAnon is believed to have first started in 2017 after an anonymous poster, who hailed themselves as 'Q', alleged that they had a level of US security approval known as 'Q clearance'. Using the message board 4chan, the person started…[Continue Reading...]