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Ex-Synanon Members Break Down Cult’s Mixed Legacy and What America Can Learn From It

Published January 30, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged California, Charles Dederich, cult leader, cults, drug rehab, drug rehab community, Synanon

Sandra Rogers-Hare and Cassidy Arkin are the mother-daughter duo behind Paramount+’s new docuseries, Born in Synanon. Rather than sensationalize the story of the cult known as Synanon, the series challenges viewers to reflect on what really went wrong in hopes…[Continue Reading...]

Kezia Whitton’s childhood was stolen. Despite its promises to the child abuse royal commission, her church did nothing

Published January 29, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, child abuse, Jehovah's Witnesses, sexual abuse

Raised in a strict Jehovah's Witness community, Kezia Whitton's childhood was stolen when she was sexually abused by someone she should have been able to trust. But despite its promises to the child abuse royal commission, the church did nothing…[Continue Reading...]

$10 million settlement reached in clergy child sexual abuse case in Orange, LA counties

Published January 29, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged clergy abuse, lawsuits, Los Angeles, Orange County, Roman Catholic Church, settlement

Officials with the Los Angeles Archdiocese declined to comment on the terms of the settlement. But in a statement church officials noted that one of the accused priests was at a parish that was under the control of the Archdiocese…[Continue Reading...]

Super Bowl logo conspiracy theory officially debunked by Ravens’ loss

Published January 29, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theory, NFL, Ravens

Well, this Super Bowl conspiracy theory is officially over. The Chiefs’ AFC Championship game victory over the Ravens ended any validity to a theory that the Super Bowl LVIII logo had been revealing what teams would make the NFL’s championship…[Continue Reading...]

All the single ladies! Bijou Phillips parties in LA after quitting Scientology – as rapist ex-husband Danny Masterson’s request for bail is DENIED ‘because he has no wife to go home to’

Published January 28, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bijou Phillips, convicted rapist, Danny Masterson, divorce, Scientologists, Scientology

Danny Masterson's estranged wife Bijou Phillips was seem partying in LA just weeks after quitting scientology and days after her husband's bail request was denied, 'because he has no wife to go home to'. Phillips, 43, sported a skimpy black…[Continue Reading...]

Robert Corfield, ex-minister of secretive sect, admits to child sex abuse

Published January 28, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged child abuse, secretive sect, sexual abuse, The Truth

Robert Corfield, a man who abused a boy in Canada in a secretive Christian church in the 1980s, has spoken publicly about what happened for the first time. He was confronted by the BBC as part of a wider look…[Continue Reading...]

Cancelled? No, Russell Brand’s coining it: He dines at the local Ivy barefoot in a kimono. And he’s turned the village pub into an HQ pumping out online conspiracy theories that earn him millions…

Published January 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, misinformation, Russell Brand

Lunchtime at the Crown Inn near Stonor in Oxfordshire and the pub looks busy enough. Indeed there is a gathering of young people here — but nobody is sitting at the polished wooden bar, and there are no beer barrels…[Continue Reading...]

Fans Applauded Leah Remini For Her Honesty When Asked If Tom Cruise Blacklisted Her From Roles In Hollywood

Published January 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged exposing Scientology, Leah Remini, Scientologists, Scientology

Leah Remini has enjoyed a strong career in Hollywood. However, in the latest years, Remini is constantly in the headlines for "exposing" Scientology, revealing what her experience was like, and what others faced. Remini has revealed lots of information, including…[Continue Reading...]

PODCAST: How a Wyoming Woman Escaped a Cult and Became a Champion for Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Published January 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Caty Reay, cult survivor, Curly Thornton Ministries, Emmet Curly cult leader, personal story, sexual abuse

Caty Reay was brought up in a cult known as the Curly Thornton Ministries, started by evangelist and politician Emmett "Curly" Thornton who reportedly beat and sexually abused his followers. Reay experienced sexual abuse at an early age. For Reay…[Continue Reading...]