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31 adoptions among Unification Church followers since April 2018

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

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

Thirty-one adoptions took place among followers of the Unification Church after it became mandatory for adoption mediation agencies to obtain approval in April 2018, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The group officially known as the Family Federation for World Peace…[Continue Reading...]

Girls rescued from polygamist cult found hiding out in Spokane

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, Polygamists, Samuel Bateman

SPOKANE, Wash – Eight girls who ran away from group homes in Arizona in the midst of a federal investigation were found hiding out in an Airbnb in Spokane. The girls were found with a woman named Moretta Rose Johnson,…[Continue Reading...]

Alex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, bankruptcy, conspiracy theories, court loss

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones filed for personal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Texas court on Friday, according to court documents. In the documents, Jones estimates his assets to be worth between $1 to 10 million, and his liabilities…[Continue Reading...]

Former TLC Reality Star Writes, Sings About Surviving Abuse in Fundamentalist Family of 14

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged former members, polygamist groups, Polygamists

In a new book, singer-songwriter Jessica Willis Fisher reveals what viewers of TLC’s wholesome “The Willis Family” reality show didn’t see: a household run by a strict and abusive father. Her memoir, “Unspeakable: Surviving My Childhood and Finding My Voice,”…[Continue Reading...]

What happens when one church controls a majority of the City Council?

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bethel Church, California, Redding

In Redding, Calif., members of a single evangelical megachurch now control a majority of seats on the City Council. While this is a highly unusual situation for a city of nearly 100,000 people, Bethel Church is a highly unusual congregation…[Continue Reading...]

From Charlottesville to Mar-a-Lago: Nick Fuentes’ White Nationalist Journey

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-Semite, Nick Fuentes, racist

Nick Fuentes’ first brush with infamy took place in his first semester as a freshman at Boston University when he appeared in a school video series, wearing a MAGA hat, to make his case for voting for Donald Trump in…[Continue Reading...]

Oath Keepers’ Rhodes guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged extremists, militias, sedition

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was convicted Tuesday of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn President Joe Biden’s election, handing the Justice Department a major victory in its massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021,…[Continue Reading...]

Deadline looms for victims of child sex abuse by CA clergy members to step forward

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged child abuse, Roman Catholic Church, sexual abuse

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Time is ticking for any victims of child sex abuse by Catholic clergy members in California, as there's one month left to file a lawsuit under a recently-signed state law. Born and raised in the Bay…[Continue Reading...]

Japan gov’t OKs bill to help people impacted by religious donations

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Japan, political influence, Unification Church

Japan's government on Thursday approved a bill aimed at helping people who suffer financial hardship as the result of donations solicited by controversial religious organizations such as the Unification Church. The bill would allow followers and their family members to…[Continue Reading...]

Mistrial declared after jurors deadlocked in Danny Masterson rape trial

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal trial, Danny Masterson, Scientologists, Scientology

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge declared a mistrial in the rape trial of actor Danny Masterson on Wednesday after jurors remained deadlocked, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said. Masterson was charged in 2020 with forcibly raping…[Continue Reading...]