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Trans People Aren’t Forcing Anyone Else to Transition—But This Heteronormative Cult Is

Published November 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged cult leaders, Jeff Ayan, Shaleia Ayan, transgender, Twin Flames Universe

It’s a common story told by the Right: a woman looking for answers and happiness is convinced by a cult to transition into a man only to become sad and lonely. The only detail they were missing is that the…[Continue Reading...]

How This Viral TikTok Trend Became Linked to a ‘Sex Cult’

Published November 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, Evan Horowitz, Geoffrey Goldberg, Keith Raniere, Movers+Shakers, NXIVM, sex cult, ties to NXIVM

A MARKETING GROUP behind one of the most successful TikTok ad campaigns of all time is drawing scrutiny for its alleged ties to NXIVM, the so-called “sex cult” once led by Keith Raniere in upstate New York. Geoffrey Goldberg and…[Continue Reading...]

Clergy sex abuse survivor Irene Deschenes co-founds new group to help victims

Published November 20, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Canada, clergy abuse, sexual abuse, support group

A London, Ont., woman who is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic priest is now heading a new organization aimed at delivering speedier justice for victims. This month, Irene Deschenes helped found Outrage Canada, a national…[Continue Reading...]

Boko Haram terrorists kill 3 in Borno

Published November 20, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Boko Haram, cult, murders, Nigeria, terrorist cult, terrorists

No fewer than three persons who went to an outskirt of Kawuri village of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State scavenging for firewood were gunned down by suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram terrorists. The incident which took place…[Continue Reading...]

Breaking Taboos; brave women from some of Zimbabwe’s apostolic sects seek medical services in secret

Published November 20, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Africa, Apostolic sects, child abuse, medical neglect, mothers, Zimbabwe

“I cannot let my children die because of a religion.” Mavis Gunyana (not real name) from a village in Gutu, narrated how hard it is for women of the apostolic sect to get medical services for their children. For years,…[Continue Reading...]

Police, Governors Losing Battle Against Cult Violence

Published November 19, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, gangs, Nigeria, police action, violence

Cult-related violence is posing serious security challenges to schools, communities and businesses, leading to the death of many people, including a senior police officer working in the Niger Delta region.Investigations by LEADERSHIP Sunday show that the violence is mostly confined…[Continue Reading...]

The Jews of Jonestown: Jewish members of Jim Jones’s Peoples Temple cult

Published November 18, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, cult murders, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown

The radio crackled to life with static, and a voice emerged from the jungle. “We choose as our model not those who marched submissively into gas ovens but the valiant heroes who resisted in the Warsaw Ghetto. Patrick Henry captured…[Continue Reading...]

Prosecutors ask judge to move Chad Daybell’s trial

Published November 18, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, Idaho, murder trial

FREMONT COUNTY, Idaho (Court TV) — Prosecutors preparing their case against Chad Daybell have asked a judge to reconsider his decision, for a third time, to move the trial out of Fremont County. Chad Daybell is charged with murder and…[Continue Reading...]

Daisaku Ikeda death: Former Soka Gakkai Japanese Buddhist group leader passes away at 95

Published November 18, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, Daisaku Ikeda, dead, Japan, Soka Gakkai

Daisaku Ikeda, the former head of one of the world’s largest Japanese Buddhist groups, died of old age at his home in Tokyo on Wednesday, the organisation said on Saturday. He died from natural causes at the age of 95,…[Continue Reading...]

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

Published November 18, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, crimes, cult leader, Oregon

After graduating from college and claiming to have found enlightenment, in 1970, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh introduced the practice of "dynamic meditation" and became a spiritual teacher and began to attract a significant following. When his controversial teachings put him repeatedly…[Continue Reading...]