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Special counsel raids unification church institutions over people power party membership allegations

Published September 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged police raid, South Korea, Unification Church

The special counsel team led by Min Joong-ki, investigating various allegations involving Kim Keon-hee, was reported on the 11th to be conducting search and seizure operations at Unification Church-affiliated institutions in connection with suspicions of Unification Church members joining the…[Continue Reading...]

New mass graves revive fears of Shakahola cult deaths in Kenya

Published September 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, deaths, Good News International Church, Kenya, mass graves

Less than two years after the Shakahola doomsday sect shocked Kenya and the world, another chilling discovery has emerged in the quiet coastal settlement of Kwa Binzaro. Beneath Kilifi County’s cashew and coconut groves, police unearthed dozens of shallow graves…[Continue Reading...]

With Olivet University in Jeopardy, David Jang’s Sect Promotes New College

Published September 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, David Jang, Great Commission University, Indiana, Olivet University, sects

ontroversial pastor David Jang's disciples are pursuing accreditation for a new college as the sect's flagship school, Olivet University—accused in lawsuits of racketeering and trafficking foreign students—faces the prospect of losing its degree-granting status. Great Commission University, an Indiana-based institution…[Continue Reading...]

‘God’s Misfits’ Cult Tied to Freezer Slayings of Kansas Women

Published September 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged "God's Misfits", cults, murderd, Oklahoma, Tifany Machel Adams

It began as a custody dispute in rural Oklahoma, but it ended with two young mothers found dead in a freezer buried in a cow pasture. The shocking case, now tied to an anti-government religious group and a former local…[Continue Reading...]

West Wales paedophile cult leader could be moved to open prison

Published September 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal convictions, cult leader, olin Batley, pedophile, prison, UK

Victims still haunted by Carmarthenshire sex abuse scandal WEST WALES paedophile cult leader Colin Batley, who was jailed in 2011 for a catalogue of horrific child sex crimes, has been recommended for transfer to an open prison by the Parole…[Continue Reading...]

Doomsday cult killer Chad Daybell who murdered wife & kids makes chilling revelations in bizarre letters from death row

Published September 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, cults, jail letters, murders

Daybell, 57, was sentenced to death last June after being found guilty of killing his first wife Tammy and his second wife, "cult mom" Lori Vallow's children, Tylee, 17, and JJ, 7. He had raised five kids with Tammy before…[Continue Reading...]

Courtroom tensions flare as ‘Zizian’ cult murder case nears trial

Published September 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, criminal trials, cults, Zizians

FAIRFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Accusations of “misconduct” and ulterior motives flew across the courtroom aisle on Wednesday in the high-profile “Zizian” murder case when prosecutors accused the defense of intentionally delaying proceedings ahead of trial. “I have serious concerns that…[Continue Reading...]

Stolen name, stolen benefits: New details on alleged cult, FBI raid on mansion

Published September 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult leader, cults, Georgia, House of Prayer, Rony Denis

MARTINEZ, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The FBI and Columbia County deputies raided a West Lake mansion Wednesday, arresting the leader of the House of Prayer — a group critics call a cult that scams veterans out of benefits. Columbia County deputies…[Continue Reading...]

Televangelist Mark Barclay’s Son-in-Law Convicted

Published September 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged criminal conviction, James Randolph, Living Word Church, Missouri, sexual abusse

On August 30, a Michigan jury convicted James Randolph, a former pastor at Living Word Church and son-in-law to televangelist Mark Barclay, after a week-long trial. Randolph worked as the head of youth ministries and is the second of three…[Continue Reading...]

Top Scientology donor in running for a Clearwater library exhibit

Published September 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Clearwater, Florida, Imagine Museum, Scientologists, Scientology, Trish Duggan

A top donor to the Church of Scientology is in the running to install an art exhibit in the Clearwater Main Library. Trish Duggan opened the Imagine Museum in downtown St. Petersburg in 2018, showcasing more than 500 pieces of…[Continue Reading...]