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Police question Unification Church finance officials over alleged funds to Korean politicians

Published December 22, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged bribery scandal, criminal investigation, South Korea, Unification Church

Police is under investigation on the 22nd into the Unification Church over allegations of receiving money and valuables, summoning the sect's finance and accounting officials. The Korean National Police Agency's special task force on this day questioned two Unification Church…[Continue Reading...]

DPK’s turnaround on Unification Church

Published December 22, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged bribery, bribery investigation, cults, political influence, South Korea, Unification Church

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has agreed on the need to introduce an independent counsel to investigate allegations that the Unification Church lobbied and bribed politicians to influence policymaking processes. This is a welcome development. The ruling party…[Continue Reading...]

Opposition finalizes special counsel plan over Unification Church scandal

Published December 21, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged bribery probe, inbestigation, political influence, South Korea, Unification Church

The opposition parties on Sunday settled the terms of a special counsel bill to look into a political funding scandal involving the Unification Church that has spilled over from the main opposition People Power Party into the ruling Democratic Party…[Continue Reading...]

Sex, Power, and Control Inside Modern Cults

Published December 21, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged coercive persuasion, coercivwe control, crimes, cults

Lindsay Allan is a legal scholar studying the state’s duty to protect victims of sexual abuse in cults. Her work examines how governments gain knowledge of systematic harm yet fail to act, especially in patriarchal religious systems, focusing on grooming,…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-President Yoon appears before special counsel team over his wife’s bribery charges

Published December 20, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged bribery investigation, political influence, South Korea, Unification Church

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared before a special counsel team Saturday to undergo questioning as a suspect over corruption allegations linked to his wife, Kim Keon Hee. It marked the jailed former president's first appearance before special counsel Min…[Continue Reading...]

Police crush ‘Sai Malam’ cult, unmask rape syndicate, issue yuletide security alert in Sokoto

Published December 20, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, gangs, government action, Nigeria

The Sokoto State Police Command has recorded decisive breakthroughs in its sustained crackdown on crime, with the arrest of the leader of the notorious “Sai Malam” cult group and the exposure of a rape and abduction syndicate that preyed on…[Continue Reading...]

Latest NewsShen Yun’s Global Tour Faces Growing Boycotts After Reports of Abuse and Exploitation

Published December 19, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, boycotts, exploitation, Falun Gong, Shen Yun

The America-based Shen Yun Performing Arts troupe, long known for its lavish shows advertised as celebrating traditional Chinese culture， is facing mounting backlash and cancellations across Europe and North America after a former dancer’s lawsuit exposed alleged systematic abuse, forced…[Continue Reading...]

Sexual Abuse, Hazing, Intimidation: How the Sins of a Televangelist Power Couple Threatened to Destroy a Christian Media Empire

Published December 19, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Televangelists Tagged Jan Crouch, Paul Crouch, scandals, TBN, Trinity Broadcasting Network

In 2004, the men of the inner circle watched in approval as twenty-year-old Brittany Crouch chugged expensive wine from an oversized glass. Around them, the crowd buzzed at Del Frisco’s, the white-tablecloth steakhouse in midtown Manhattan populated by Wall Street…[Continue Reading...]

Ozarks pastor & former televangelist arrested on child sex abuse charges out of Oklahoma

Published December 19, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged a Pentecostal preacher, criminal charges, Joe Campbell, Ozarks, sexual abuse

ELKLAND, Mo. (NBC NEWS/KY3) - This story was written by the author Mike Hixenbaugh. This is part of NBC News’ series ‘Pastors and Prey.’ Click here to read more reporting of the series. Joe Campbell, a Pentecostal preacher in the…[Continue Reading...]

Religious Leader Accused of Molesting Kids to Stand Trial on Multiple Charges

Published December 19, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged California, Ricardo Isaac Flores, sexual abuse changes, shaman

An Inland Empire “shaman” accused of sexually assaulting several young girls must stand trial on a dozen felony charges, a judge ruled Thursday. Ricardo Isaac Flores, 60, of Rialto was arrested last year following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation.…[Continue Reading...]