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Alleged child abuse case puts banned Malaysian sect back in spotlight

Published September 14, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, cult, GISB, Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings, Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - On its website, Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) describes itself as a Malaysian conglomerate with a vision to implement the Islamic way of life in line with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. But…[Continue Reading...]

Hundreds of members died in a cult massacre that haunts survivors

Published September 14, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, cult leader, Good News International Church, Kenya, murders, Paul Mackenzie, starvations deaths

MALINDI, Kenya (AP) — Shukran Karisa Mangi always showed up drunk at work, where he dug up the bodies of doomsday cult members buried in shallow graves. But the alcohol couldn’t numb his shock the morning he found the body…[Continue Reading...]

The Detail: Paedophile priests dumped in the Pacific

Published September 13, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged child abuse, Pacific Islands, Roman Catholic priests, sexual abuse

Warning: This story contains references to sexual abuse of childrenA New York Times story details the Catholic Church's so-called geographic solution to problematic priests - hiding them on remote Pacific islands The legacy of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and…[Continue Reading...]

From Soaking To Dirty Soda: TikTok Is Fascinated By These Mormon Practices

Published September 13, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Mormons Tagged church rules, LDS, Mormon Church

Interest in Mormons and their religion has reached its peak with the scandalous The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives hitting our small screens. There’s also been plenty of Mormon drama on TikTok, from trad wives to the #MomTok scandal that…[Continue Reading...]

Malaysia widens probe into ‘horror’ care home child abuse

Published September 13, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse claims, GISB, Global Ikhwan Services and Business, Malaysia

Malaysian police expanded their probe Friday into a major Muslim company with links to a banned sect, after hundreds of children were rescued from alleged abuse at care homes believed to be run by the group. Investigators stormed 20 charity…[Continue Reading...]

Kenyan Pastor Investigated for Cult Activities Amid Sexual Abuse Allegations

Published September 13, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Daniel Mururu, East African Pentecostal Churches of Kenya, Kenya, sexual abuse claims

A pastor in Kenya is under investigation for allegedly leading a cult and committing sexual abuse against women and girls within his congregation, according to police reports. The pastor, Daniel Mururu, who leads the East African Pentecostal Churches of Kenya…[Continue Reading...]

‘Son of God’ cult leader, 74, denies sex trafficking charges after he’s arrested in compound where he ‘kept women as sex slaves’ and ‘abused children’

Published September 13, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Apollo Quiboloy, criminal charges, cult, cult leader, Kingdom of Jesus Christ, Philippines, sexual abuse claims

A celebrity pastor who calls himself the 'Appointed Son of God' has pleaded not guilty to several criminal charges including sexually abusing a child and sex-trafficking. Apollo Quiboloy, leader of the Philippine-based Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) with six million…[Continue Reading...]

One in six children sexually abused in Jesus Army cult

Published September 13, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, Jesus Army, Jesus Family Fellowship, UK

A scheme to compensate members of a defunct religious cult known as the Jesus Army has identified 539 alleged perpetrators of abuse, and revealed about one in six children had been sexually abused. It is thought some of those accused,…[Continue Reading...]

Bait and switch — How a South Korean cult mimics sound doctrine to recruit believers

Published September 13, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, cult leader, Lee Man-Hee, recruitment tactics, Shinchonji

Chris Smith logged in to the first session of an online Bible study on the parables, filled with excitement. He was hungry for more in-depth exploration of the Scriptures than his church offered, and his girlfriend said she’d heard good…[Continue Reading...]

Mother of child brides testifies in Az polygamist sex abuse trial

Published September 13, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal trial, cult, cult leader, Polygamists, Samuel Bateman

The mother of two underage girls married to religious leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman testified Wednesday in the trial of two Arizona men accused of aiding and participating in Bateman’s child sex abuse ring. Julia Johnson, a former member of the…[Continue Reading...]

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