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Bill passed to prevent controversial Japanese religious sect’s asset outflows

Published December 5, 2023 By admin

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

TOKYO: Japan's lower house on Tuesday passed a bill to prevent the controversial religious sect Unification Church from moving assets as concerns grew that the religious group would attempt to hide its funds overseas as it faces compensation demands. The…[Continue Reading...]

‘Love Has Won’ Leader Amy Carlson Had Dallas Roots

Published December 5, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Amy Carlson, cult, cult leader, Dallas, Love Has Won, Texas

Long before she was known as “Mother God” to some and a cult leader to others, her family knew her as Amy Carlson. And it turns out that the controversial spiritual figure had Dallas roots. Carlson’s life and bizarre death…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses can’t forget premarital sex hearings

Published December 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, Jehovah's Witnesses, personal stories

Former Jehovah’s Witnesses said they are still troubled by intrusive questions about their sexual experiences they were asked as a teenager by leaders of the religious organization. At the international Christian denomination, regional leaders, called elders, grill followers at a…[Continue Reading...]

In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis

Published December 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged black survivors, clergy abuse, personal stories, sexual abuse

BALTIMORE — As Charles Richardson gradually lost his eyesight to complications from diabetes, certain childhood memories haunted him even more. The Catholic priest appeared vividly in his mind’s eye — the one who promised him a spot on a travel…[Continue Reading...]

Kishida denies media report of ties to Unification Church

Published December 4, 2023 By admin

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

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday dismissed allegations of ties to the Unification Church after a media report said that he had met with the head of a group affiliated with the scandal-ridden religious organization in 2019 during his time…[Continue Reading...]

Alex Jones launches unhinged video game where players hunt zombie Hillary Clinton & gay frogs

Published December 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, InfoWars, video game

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has released a new video game in which players can hunt and kill liberal figures in an effort to “save the world from the evil globalists’ plot” to turn everyone liberal, according to the game’s…[Continue Reading...]

Leah Remini Responds to Scientology Church, Files Anti-SLAAP Motion

Published December 3, 2023 By admin

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

Leah Remini, a former Church of Scientology member who is suing the church for defamation, says in new court papers that church member Tom Cruise holds special standing with the faith’s leader, David Miscavige. “Cruise, David Miscavige’s best friend, is…[Continue Reading...]

Romanian guru suspected of running international sex sect handed preliminary charges with 14 others

Published December 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult leader, France, Gregorian Bivolaru, yoga guru

PARIS (AP) — A 71-year-old Romanian yoga guru and 14 others were handed preliminary charges by a Paris magistrate on a raft of counts linked to an international ring that for years allegedly subjected followers seeking enlightenment to sexual exploitation.…[Continue Reading...]

Tantric yoga sect guru goes before French judge

Published December 2, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal charges, cult leder, France, Gregorian Bivolaru, yoga guru

Gregorian Bivolaru, a 71-year-old national of both Romania and Sweden, and 14 other people were to be questioned with a view to being potentially charged in the case, a judicial source told AFP late on Thursday. French authorities on Tuesday…[Continue Reading...]

HBO Series Explores Bizarre Tale of ‘Mother God,’ Cult Leader Found Wrapped in Christmas Lights After Death

Published December 2, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged abuse, Amy Carlson, cult, cult leader, documentary, Love Has Won

Amy Carlson claimed to have been reincarnated as Marilyn Monroe and Joan of Arc, and also said that Robin Williams advised her from the Great Beyond. The Colorado-based guru also said she was 19 billion years old, had given birth…[Continue Reading...]