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Jury begins deliberating in Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial on charge she conspired to kill her husband

Published April 22, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged Arizona, cult mom, Lori Vallow, murder trial

Jurors have begun deliberating in the Arizona trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho woman with doomsday religious beliefs charged with conspiring to murder her estranged husband in suburban Phoenix. The jury convened for a short time Monday afternoon and…[Continue Reading...]

What is the Two by Twos, the secretive sect linked to a National MP? – The Front Page

Published April 22, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, New Zealand, sect, two by twos

A secretive religious sect. An FBI investigation. A sitting National MP. The fringe, home-based Christian movement commonly known as the Two by Twos is being looked into by multiple agencies after allegations of child sexual abuse came to light. A…[Continue Reading...]

New Mexico Supreme Court reinstates child abuse conviction for religious sect leader

Published April 22, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aggressive Christian Missionary Training Corps, criminal convictions, cult, cult leader, Deborah Green, New Mexico

CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Supreme Court reinstated the conviction of a religious sect leader’s role in a child’s death. Deborah Green, the self-proclaimed general of the Aggressive Christian Missionary Training Corps, pled no contest to child…[Continue Reading...]

Two found dead, 57 frail people rescued from Migori church in suspected deadly cult

Published April 22, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults government action, Kenya, St. Joseph Missions of Africa Church

A chilling scene unfolded on Sunday evening in Kochola Village, East Kamagambo location, in Migori County as police uncovered what appears to be a bizarre and deadly cult-like operation at St. Joseph Missions of Africa Church. The discovery followed a…[Continue Reading...]

Jehovah’s Witnesses administrator confessed child abuse without substantial consequence, lawsuit says

Published April 21, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Jehovah's Witnesses Tagged sexual abuse, survivors

A US man serving in various administrative roles for the Jehovah’s Witnesses sexually molested a child whom he met while working for the Christian religious sect in New Orleans – then continued his career virtually unimpeded and moved to North…[Continue Reading...]

Closing arguments set for Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial on charge she conspired to kill husband

Published April 21, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged Arizona, cult mom, Lori Vallow, murder trial

PHOENIX -- Closing arguments are scheduled Monday afternoon at the Arizona trial for Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho woman with doomsday religious beliefs who’s charged with conspiring to murder her estranged husband in suburban Phoenix. Vallow Daybell, who isn’t a…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-Scientologists strike back at church’s London Underground adverts

Published April 21, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged advertising, former members, Scientologists, Scientology, UK

Billboards in Tottenham Court Road underground station in London have become the unlikely centre of a public relations war between the Church of Scientology and its defectors. In mid-January three adverts were installed on the Central Line platform promoting the…[Continue Reading...]

Does the First Amendment allow cults to brainwash people

Published April 21, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, cults, legal analysis

Karen Conti chats with Dr. Adam Kunz, assistant professor at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, about the First Amendment and if it allows cult organizations to brainwash people. Dr. Kunz also talks about what can be done legally to extricate cult…[Continue Reading...]

New records show suspected FSU shooter had troubling fascination with hate groups

Published April 20, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged hate groups, Phoenix Ikner, school shooting

The suspected gunman in an attack at Florida State University that killed two and injured six had a troubling fascination with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, according to screenshots of his online history captured by the Anti-Defamation League and shared…[Continue Reading...]

‘I was brainwashed by a Nazi as a child – now I worry for kids like me’

Published April 20, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, kids online, Nazis, neo nazis, online radicalization

The rise of the far-right has become mainstream, from so-called ‘manosphere’ influencers like Andrew Tate to the Netflix hit-series Adolescence, and it's appealing to Britain’s young men and boys, as a YouGov poll reports that 1 in 6 boys have…[Continue Reading...]