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Plymouth Brethren: Woman who grew up in church ‘cult’ says she was sexually abused and had no access to technology

Published May 2, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged coercive control, cult allegations, Plymouth Brethren, survivor story

A woman born into a church she describes as a “cult”, where she claims she was sexually abused and grew up not being allowed to wear makeup, cut her hair or use technology, is now not of any faith and…[Continue Reading...]

Dahn World denies connections to BTS, HYBE and being a cult

Published May 2, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alleged cult leader, BTS, cult allegations, Dahn World, Dahn Yoga, Ilchi Lee, South Korea

Dahn World, the contentious meditation company that has been accused of having ties with HYBE, denied rumors of being connected to HYBE groups BTS and NewJeans and of being a cult. The refutation was made in Dahn World's official statement,…[Continue Reading...]

Documentary series, ‘The Synanon Fix,’ shows drug rehab turned cult that was in Detroit

Published May 2, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Charles Dederich, cult leader, Detroit, Michigan, Synanon

During the 1950s, Detroit, like other urban cities, had startling numbers of residents suffering from drug abuse and the city became the ideal starting ground for the country's first drug rehabilitation programs. A new HBO Max docuseries, "The Synanon Fix,"…[Continue Reading...]

Letters to the Editor: I was in a cult that hated reporter Bob Pool. How he became a saint to me

Published May 2, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Church Universal and Triumphant, cult leader, doomsday cult, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, personal story

Learning that veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Bob Pool died, I remembered how he had transformed from a sinner to a saint in my eyes. In the 1980s, he covered the Church Universal and Triumphant led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet,…[Continue Reading...]

I was part of a ‘cult’ and didn’t know it. Then something just didn’t make sense

Published May 1, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized

Why are we still drawn to cults and cult-like groups, and should we be doing more to protect people from them? Watch Insight episode Cult Following on Tuesday 30 April at 8.30pm on SBS and Nobody actively seeks out a…[Continue Reading...]

Interview: Personal ‘Horrible’ Experience of Korean Cult Shinchonji for a Year and Half

Published May 1, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, cult recruitment, personal story, Shinchonji, Witness Lee Man-Hee

South Korea's Shinchonji caused public outrage by gathering as usual to have consequently helped spreading the pandemic. In China by taking the opportunity of the pandemic, Shinchonji launched very wide network promotion of the cult which highly alerted the Chinese…[Continue Reading...]

Federal judge dashes sex cult leader Keith Raniere’s latest bid for new trial

Published May 1, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged appeal denied, convicted criminal, cult leader, Keith Raniere, New York, NXIVM, sex cult

BROOKLYN (CN) — The ex-leader of an upstate New York cult who branded women he kept as sex "slaves" lost his fourth attempt for a new trial after a federal judge denied his motion claiming federal agents tried to frame…[Continue Reading...]

Prosecutors seek to have ‘Odinist cult’ theory tossed from Delphi murders trial

Published May 1, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult claims, cults, Indiana, murder trial, Richard Allen

Prosecutors in Indiana have sought to have theories that an “Odinist pagan cult” was responsible for the deaths of two young girls dismissed ahead of the trial of the man accused of their murders. Richard Allen previously confessed to the…[Continue Reading...]

Faith-healing couple with Followers of Christ church face charges over death of baby

Published April 30, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child dead, criminal charges, faith healing sect, Followers of Christ, medical neglect, Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A couple who belong to the Followers of Christ church in Oregon City face charges after a newborn died in June of last year. The Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office filed criminal mistreatment charges against Taylor…[Continue Reading...]

Oregon City faith-healing parents accused of failing to care for newborn who died

Published April 30, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, child dead, faith healing sect, Followers of Christ, medical neglect, Oregon

The Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office this week accused an Oregon City couple of failing to arrange medical care for their newborn who suffered from jaundice and later died. Court records show Blair and Taylor Edwards face first- and second-degree…[Continue Reading...]