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Sisters abused by ultra-Orthodox principal share pain

Published June 28, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, criminal convictions, Heredi, Malka Leifer, sexual abuse, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups

The first person to tell Elly Sapper that she was loved was Malka Leifer, her school principal and a woman highly revered in her ultra Orthodox Jewish community. Sapper was raised in a home devoid of love and affection, and…[Continue Reading...]

More than half a million left Germany’s Catholic Church last year as abuse scandal swirls

Published June 28, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged clergy abuse, Germany, Roman Catholic Church

BERLIN — More than half a million people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, significantly higher than the previous record as the church wrestles with a long-running scandal over abuse by clergy and with calls for far-reaching…[Continue Reading...]

Go Ahead, Call Amy Duggar King Crazy

Published June 28, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, Bill Gothard, Duggar family, fundamentalists, Institute in Basic Life Principles

More than a decade ago, Amy Duggar King was introduced to the world with adjectives she never chose: crazy, rebellious, and wild. “I was a fish out of water all the time,” King, 36, tells Vanity Fair. King was juxtaposed…[Continue Reading...]

Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out — audible version

Published June 28, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult brainwashing, cult control, cult intervention, cults, research

You’ve seen them in movies and on TV, but cults are more prevalent than you think - and they’re armed with strategies that can brainwash and persuade even the most unlikely of candidates. But how do individuals get involved with cults…[Continue Reading...]

Boko Haram eliminates own top leader, others over attempt to form faction

Published June 28, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Boko Haram, leader killed, Nigeria, violent cult

Members of the Boko Haram sect, popularly known as ‘Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād’, terrorists group have eliminated one of its Amir Jaysh (Leader), Abou Hassana, over alleged rebellion accusations. It was gathered that Abou Hassana was eliminated along with…[Continue Reading...]

How a miracle-obsessed megachurch conquered a California city

Published June 28, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bethel Church, Bill Johnson, California, miracle claims, Redding

It’s hard not to get drawn into the sermons of Bill Johnson. With his soft-spoken voice and frequent quips, Johnson, senior leader of the nondenominational megachurch Bethel Church in Redding, California, is so charismatic he can make stories about God…[Continue Reading...]

Phase three autopsy on Shakahola cult bodies ends

Published June 28, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged autopsies, cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvation deaths

The team of pathologists and detectives have completed the third phase of autopsies on bodies exhumed from Shakahola forest has ended. The team led by Government Chief Pathologist Johansen Oduor said they have completed autopsies for 338 bodies since the…[Continue Reading...]

LAPD ‘closed Shelly Miscavige’s missing person case after woman claimed she was the Scientology leader’s wife – despite the fact they had mismatched fingerprints and footage of their rendezvous was mysteriously scrambled’

Published June 27, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged David Miscavige, rumors, Scientologists, Scientology, Shelly Miscavige

The LAPD closed the missing person case for Shelly Miscavige in 2013 after meeting with a woman who claimed to be the Scientology leader's missing wife without properly verifying her identity, according to a new report. Shelly has not been…[Continue Reading...]

10 Signs Your BJJ Gym Might Be A Cult

Published June 27, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged BJJ Gym, cult allegations, cult-like, warning signs

For every good BJJ gym you find, there’s another one nearby that’s basically a cult and it can often be hard to see the signs that would help you determine which one you’re training at. It’s usually difficult for people…[Continue Reading...]

Business with ties to OSG cult involving Adam Driver’s mom-in-law had members use ‘mind games to keep staffers in line’

Published June 27, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, Minerva Taylor, New York, Odyssey Study Group, Sharon Gans, The Work

A RECRUITMENT firm founded and staffed by members of an alleged New York City cult used "mind games" to keep employees in line, an ex-employee told The U.S. Sun. Taylor Hodson Inc., an employment agency based in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood,…[Continue Reading...]