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Tom Cruise’s First Wife Left Scientology After They Divorced — Despite Introducing Him to It

Published February 8, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged divorce, Mimi Rogers, Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise remains on top after all these years. Top Gun: Maverick earned nearly $1.5 billion at the box office, and scored six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. But as great as his recent film work has been, some think…[Continue Reading...]

Episode 236: Canada’s cult-like leader who is brain-washing her followers to believe she is taking over the world

Published February 8, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alleged cult leader, QAnon, Romana Didulo

She is the self-declared Queen of Canada whose followers drive in giant motor homes through towns and sleepy villages spreading her word. Filipina Romana Didulo is a QAnon influencer with a little known past that has convinced tens of thousands…[Continue Reading...]

How to not join a cult

Published February 8, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult awareness, cult education, cult warning sings

Anke Richter is the author of Cult Trip: Inside the world of coercion and control and is delivering workshops on how to cult proof yourself. Most cults don't look like we expect them to, Richter says - she believes a crypto…[Continue Reading...]

EXCLUSIVE: WOMEN OF NXIVM ‘SEX CULT’ DENOUNCE ‘THE VOW,’ REJECT VICTIM LABEL

Published February 8, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Angelica Hinoj, cult leader, Keith Raniere, Linda Chung, Nicki Clyne, NXIVM, sex cult, women of NXIVM

Angelica Hinoj was prepared and ready to have her flesh branded with the initials of a man she hardly knew, and she was excited about it. To Angelica, though, the brand wasn't about the man. It was about the personal…[Continue Reading...]

From Estero to Waco: SWFL cult may have bigger influence than once thought

Published February 8, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, David Koresh, plagiarism, Wacon Davidians

It’s a place trapped in time. It’s what remains of the cult that once called the area home. “In 1894, a man named Cyrus Teed found this land and brought his followers down to build a commune,” author and FGCU…[Continue Reading...]

Two more Lancaster Jehovah’s Witnesses charged with sexual abuse of children

Published February 7, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abimael Valentin-Matos, criminal charges, Jehovah's Witnesses, Norman Aviles, Pennsylvania, sexual abuse

Two more Jehovah's Witnesses from Lancaster County have been charged by a statewide grand jury with using their positions within their churches to sexually abuse children. Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced charges against Abimael Valentin-Matos, 42, and Norman Aviles,…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church questioned by government for third time

Published February 7, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Japan, Sun Mung Moon, Unification Church

Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency said Tuesday it has received answers to a third set of questions it sent to the controversial religious group known as the Unification Church. The agency will consider whether to seek a court order for the…[Continue Reading...]

How a talk with his father pulled an Oregon man out of online conspiracy theories

Published February 7, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, family story, online recruitment, victim story

David Morrill of Portland, Oregon, was involved in conspiracy theory communities online until a mental health crisis forced him to confront his beliefs. He talked with his father about how he found his way back to reality. Their conversation is…[Continue Reading...]

The Launch of a 19th Century Sex-Cult in Upstate New York

Published February 7, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leaders, history of cults, John Humphrey Noyes, New York, Oneida Community

John Humphrey Noyes, in his youth, was so painfully shy that he could barely endure the company of women. “I could face a battery of cannon with less trepidation,” he wrote in his diary, than “a room full of ladies…[Continue Reading...]

This OnlyFans Star Was Once Part of a Fanatical MLM Cult. “I Was Forced Into Celibacy.”

Published February 7, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult allegations, cult like control, mullti level marketing, multi-level marketing

But nearly five years ago, Strella was $25,000 in debt and barely surviving under the tutelage of a bizarre MLM (multilevel marketing) scheme that she describes as running like a strict religious cult. At one point, Strella was required to…[Continue Reading...]