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Three GISB sect members charged in Johor with human trafficking, sexual assault

Published October 13, 2024 By admin

KOTA TINGGI, Johor - Three Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB) Holdings members were charged at the Kota Tinggi Sessions Court on Oct 13 with human trafficking and sexual assault offences. Mahmad Hamal Tukiman, 57, and Rabiahtul Adawiyah Md Shah,…[Continue Reading...]

I was trapped in a cult & forced to give all my money to leaders who made me watch bizarre hot tub videos

Published October 13, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, Dave Gilpin, Hope City Church, survivor story, UK

A CULT victim has described how brain-washed members donated all their money and were subjected to bizarre ‘teaching’ videos of the sect's leaders in hot tubs. Richard Turner was ironically working for a modern slavery support charity tied to the…[Continue Reading...]

Priscilla Presley Joined Scientology After Meeting John Travolta on Lisa Marie’s 10th Birthday

Published October 12, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Lisa Marie Presley, Priscilla Presley, Scientologists, Scientology

In Lisa Marie’s From Here to the Great Unknown memoir — released posthumously on Tuesday, October 8 — she wrote that her mom was “really good at birthdays.” When she turned 10, Priscilla, 79, arranged for Travolta, 70, to meet…[Continue Reading...]

Global church with branches in CT linked to religious recruitment encounters at shopping plazas

Published October 12, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, malls, recruitment tactics, shopping plazas, World Mission Society Church of God

Some call the World Mission Society Church of God a cult, but its leaders reject that label. Watch video news report.[Continue Reading...]

We were abused at Brit ‘sex cult’ schools where staff demanded ‘adult massages’ and brazenly printed vile pics at Boots

Published October 12, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, child abuse, cult leader, Osho, schools for children, UK

But The Sun can reveal that the mystical organisation with thousands of followers across the globe hid far darker secrets in the UK. We have spoken to women who claim they were the victims of child abuse at two of…[Continue Reading...]

My abuse in the Osho Rajneesh cult has haunted me for decades. Now I’m ready to speak out

Published October 12, 2024 By admin

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

In 1978, when I was nine years old, I unexpectedly moved to India with my free-spirited mother, who had recently become a disciple of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (later known as Osho). Like others of her generation, she was swept up…[Continue Reading...]

Leaving the ‘cult’ of the Jehovah’s Witnesses behind

Published October 11, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Jehovah's Witnesses Tagged ex-Witness, leaving Jehovah's Witnesses, survivor story

The world was supposed to end in 1975. Shayne Mechen was 7 years old and living in Hawke’s Bay when he waited for it to happen. He remembers a sense of dread, but perhaps there was some expectation too. As…[Continue Reading...]

Justice minister says he has severed all ties with Unification Church

Published October 11, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, cults, Japan, political influence, Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church

Newly appointed Justice Minister Hideki Makihara, who has admitted to attending dozens of Unification Church events in the past, reaffirmed Friday that he has cut all ties with the religious group. The 53-year-old minister admitted Tuesday that he and his…[Continue Reading...]

Movie star’s pad around the corner from Scientology in Florida is safe

Published October 11, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Florida, penthouse, Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise can breathe a sigh of relief after his luxury Clearwater, Florida, penthouse stood tall against the potentially devastating Hurricane Milton. The mega-storm, which meteorologists initially warned could reach a catastrophic Category 5, ended up sparing Cruise’s prized multimillion-dollar…[Continue Reading...]

Plaintiff in ‘forced marriage’ lawsuit against Church of Scientology can remain anonymous

Published October 11, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged lawsuit, Los Angeles, Scientologists, Scientology, Sea Organization, sexual assault

LOS ANGELES (CN) — A woman suing the Church of Scientology on claims of sexual abuse that occurred when she was a minor will remain unnamed, after a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a motion to publicly name…[Continue Reading...]