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Police Raid Ex-Unification Church Official’s Home in Bribery Probe

Published December 31, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, police raid, South Korea, Unification Church

Police investigating allegations of bribery involving the Unification Church raided the home of Jeong Won-ju, former secretary-general to the Unification Church’s former president, on the 31st. The National Police Agency’s National Office of Investigation, leading the dedicated Unification Church probe,…[Continue Reading...]

Prosecutors indict Unification Church official on illegal political donations

Published December 31, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors decided Wednesday to indict a Unification Church official for allegedly delivering illegal political donations to lawmakers, while requesting additional investigation into other figures involved, including the leader. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office said…[Continue Reading...]

10 of the biggest conspiracy theories in space and astronomy, and how to defeat them

Published December 31, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy series, debunked, exposed

Humans love conspiracy theories. From the JFK assassination, the Illuminati and the ‘deep state’, to vaccine distrust and ‘chemtrails’, the modern world is awash with beliefs in collusion and hoaxes. How and why these baseless claims arise, and what maintains…[Continue Reading...]

‘We would be gone!’: Religious sect reacts after search warrant served, members arrested at Walker County campsite

Published December 31, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Alabama, criminal charges, More than the Prophet Ministries

EMPIRE, Ala. (WBRC) - It was an unexpected wake-up call Tuesday, Dec. 30, for Lando and others living at a campsite off York Mountain Road and Blackberry Ridge Road. “I heard a noise, I woke up, I come outside,” recalled…[Continue Reading...]

Teenage girl disappears mysteriously after attending a church in Kayole, Pastor refuses to release CCTV footage – Is he running a cult disguised as a church?

Published December 31, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, investigation, Kenya

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 - A 16-year-old girl, Trizah Wanjiru Njihia, vanished from her place of worship on 21st April 2025, leaving her family desperate for answers. The teenager was last seen at Bee Center, Urejesho Church in Kayole, Embakasi…[Continue Reading...]

29 years ago, Heaven’s Gate couldn’t wait

Published December 31, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, cult suicide, Heaven's Gate, Marshall Applewhite

Dateline Rancho Santa Fe. March 26, 1997. A 911 call came into the San Diego Sheriff’s Communications Center. It was treated as a prank call at first. From what turned out to be a nearby payphone, the caller said something…[Continue Reading...]

Police inspector indicted for helping to destroy evidence against cult leader Jeong Myeong-seok

Published December 31, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal arrest, cults, Jeong Myeong-seok, JMS., Providence Church, South Korea

A police officer has been indicted for helping destroy evidence related to claims that Jeong Myeong-seok — the leader of the controversial religious cult Christian Gospel Mission, also known as “JMS” for “Jesus Morning Star” — sexually abused JMS members.…[Continue Reading...]

‘King of Queens’ Star Asks Fans for Help After Seeing Something ‘Deeply Alarming’

Published December 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Lea Remini, Scientologists, Scientology

The King of Queens star is hoping that some of her 3.7 million Instagram followers were assist in reaching out to a local NBC affiliate after the station aired a 30-minute advertisement for Scientology—the community that Remini left in 2013.…[Continue Reading...]

Police transfer Unification Church leader to prosecution over alleged illegal political donations

Published December 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged bribery scandal, South Korea, Unification Church

Police have transferred Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja and three other church officials to the prosecution over their alleged involvement in illegal political donations, officials said Tuesday. Han, who is currently in custody over bribery charges involving former first lady…[Continue Reading...]

Mesa Herfanita: Scientology’s bizarre lair in New Mexico

Published December 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Mesa Herfanita, New Mexico, Scientologists, Scientology

An isolated underground bunker in the mountains of New Mexico absolutely screams of a James Bond villain. You could easily imagine some despot bad guy plotting world destruction from beneath the slopes. This all starts at Mesa Herfanita in San…[Continue Reading...]