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EDITORIAL: Church has a duty to sincerely address society’s doubts

Published March 30, 2024 By admin

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

The Tokyo District Court this week imposed a fine of 100,000 yen ($661) on the Unification Church for not complying with part of an education ministry investigation under the Religious Corporation Law. The probe was based on the right to question…[Continue Reading...]

Chad Daybell’s murder trial starts Monday. Here’s what to expect

Published March 30, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, Idaho, murder trial, murders

PHOENIX — After years of delays, Doomsday author Chad Daybell’s triple murder trial will finally begin on Monday. His wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, was convicted in the same case last year for killing her kids, Tylee and JJ, who used…[Continue Reading...]

A look at Chad Daybell’s religious beliefs

Published March 30, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, Idaho, murder trial, murders

BOISE, Idaho — The trial for doomsday author Chad Daybell starts Monday in Ada County. He is charged with the deaths of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and two of Lori Vallow Daybell's children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. He…[Continue Reading...]

Scientology Church Appeals AntiSLAPP Ruling in Leah Remini Civil Suit

Published March 30, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged lawsuit, Leah Remini, Los Angeles, Scientologists, Scientology, Scientology appeal

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Attorneys for the Church of Scientology Friday filed a notice of appeal regarding a judge's mixed ruling earlier this month on the church's anti-SLAPP motion in Leah Remini's lawsuit. Friday's filing comes 17 days after Judge…[Continue Reading...]

YouTuber mum Ruby Franke who starved kids likened herself to cult killer in evil diary entry

Published March 30, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, cult claims, Ruby Franke, vlogger

Disgraced mummy vlogger Ruby Franke harboured the same obsession with control that drove cult leader Lori Vallow, her newly released diary reveals. Franke - who vlogged about parenting to 2million YouTube fans, was arrested for six counts of felony child…[Continue Reading...]

Doomsday cult, murders and children buried in a pet cemetery: The twisted case of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell

Published March 30, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murder trials, murders

It looked every inch the fairytale wedding. Dressed in white with pink flower garlands around their necks, the bride and groom couldn’t have looked happier as they exchanged vows on a paradise beach in Hawaii. Photos captured the apparently blissful…[Continue Reading...]

Israeli court halts subsidies for ultra-Orthodox who don’t serve in army

Published March 29, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Israel, military service, seminary subsidies, ultra Orthodox Jewish sects

TEL AVIV — Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered an end to state funding for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students who do not serve in the army, a blockbuster ruling that could imperil the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he wages…[Continue Reading...]

Evangelicals in Switzerland concerned about cult “aggressively” proselytising among young Christians

Published March 29, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, cult recruitment, Shincheonji, Switzerland

Shincheonji, a religious movement born in South Korea, has been active in Europe for around a decade, causing confusion among young people interested in the Christian faith, according to church leaders in several countries. In Switzerland, the Evangelical Alliance (SEA-RES)…[Continue Reading...]

Missouri boarding school closes as state agency examines how it responded to abuse claims

Published March 29, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged ABM Ministries' Lighthouse Christian Academy, child abuse, clergy abuse, Missouri

A rural Missouri boarding school at the center of abuse allegations has closed its doors, and a state agency is trying to determine if it adequately responded to previous concerns about the facility in calls to an abuse hotline. The…[Continue Reading...]

“I had managed to leave Scientology, three decades of brainwashing still gripped my mind,” says Leah Remini.

Published March 29, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, Leah Remini, Scientologists, Scientology, survivor story

"I embarked on a terrifying journey: becoming a college student at the age of 50 after only having an 8th-grade education and spending 35 years in a totalitarian cult," the former Scientologist, 53, stated on social media, admitting throughout the…[Continue Reading...]