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I survived Ivy Ridge after being kidnapped from my bed – sick point system at cult boarding school led to horror abuse

Published March 7, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, survivor story, troubled teen programs

Eddie Curley's traumatic entanglement with New York's Academy at Ivy Ridge began in 2002 with the flick of a light switch in the dead of night at his parent's home in Delaware, he told The U.S. Sun in an exclusive…[Continue Reading...]

Trial date set for man involved with Knights of the Crystal Blade cult

Published March 7, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, criminal charges, Knights of the Crystal Blade, sexual assault

A trial date has finally been set for a man who allegedly took a child bride, almost six years after the event took place. Robert Roe, of California, has been charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child after he…[Continue Reading...]

Nature Boy saga: The Mentality behind cult leaders & followers

Published March 7, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Carbon Nation, convicted rapist, cult leader, cults, Eligio Bishop

How can someone manipulate so many people? Panelists join The Isiah Factor: Uncensored for a deep dive on Eligio Bishop, AKA Nature Boy.[Continue Reading...]

Japan panel OKs putting Unification Church under increased scrutiny

Published March 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, government action, Japan, Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church

The government on Wednesday received approval from an advisory panel of experts for its plan to designate the Unification Church as a religious corporation subject to stricter monitoring of its assets under a special law. The education ministry presented the…[Continue Reading...]

Lawyer for Alex Jones’ InfoWars parent company cites ‘heated exchange’ and nonpayment in bid to abandon bankruptcy case

Published March 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, bankruptcy, InfoWars

There’s yet more trouble in bankruptcy court for famed far-right bloviator Alex Jones: The lead attorney for Jones’ company Free Speech Systems — the parent company of Jones’ conspiracy-theory-espousing show InfoWars — has filed an emergency motion to withdraw as…[Continue Reading...]

Dassi Erlich on life since she and her sisters fought and won their case against abuser Malka Leifer

Published March 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Adass Israel Scool, Australia, criminal conviction, Malka Leifer, sexual abuse, survivor story, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups

For nine weeks Dassi Erlich sat in a Melbourne courtroom wondering anxiously if the truth would prevail. Then, on April 3, 2023, in a moment she describes as "absolutely terrifying", the Victorian County Court jury finally handed down its verdict…[Continue Reading...]

Japan Buddhist sect probes nun’s sexual assault claims 1d

Published March 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Japan, monks, sexual abuse claims, Tendai Buddhist sect

TOKYO - One of Japan's biggest Buddhist sects said it has launched a probe after a nun accused a monk of sexually assaulting her for 14 years and an eminent priest of turning a blind eye. The woman, reportedly now…[Continue Reading...]

Colombian Mother, Partner Convicted in Satanic Ritual Killing of Son for Hidden Gold

Published March 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 'Los Carneros, child abuse, Columbia, cult, murder

In a harrowing incident that has gripped Colombia, Sandra Patricia Caro Perez and her partner, Fabian Andres Carmona Ramirez, have been convicted of the brutal murder of six-year-old Maximiliano Tabares. The tragic event unfolded in the village of Cuturu Alto,…[Continue Reading...]

Does Synanon Still Exist After Appearing In The Program?

Published March 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged coercive persuasion, cultic manipulation, Synanon, troubled teen programs

Netflix’s The Program explores the troubled teen industry from the perspective of someone who went through it. Filmmaker Katherine Kubler spent 15 months at The Academy at Ivy Ridge, and uses the new docuseries to connect with fellow former students…[Continue Reading...]

‘I grew up in a cult and was banned from reading Harry Potter – I was so scared’

Published March 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged children in cults, cults, information control, survivor story

A woman who was raised in the Independent Fundamentalist Baptist cult has described her difficult childhood and the impact it had on her as an adult. From the age of nine to 18, she lived by the cult's strict rules…[Continue Reading...]

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