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Women tied to polygamist sect charged in connection to 8 girls kidnapped from Arizona custody

Published December 8, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, polygamist

One of the women who was in the Arizona courtroom to support polygamist sect leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman during an Oct. 7 hearing is now facing federal charges of her own. The FBI has accused Naomi Bistline, along with two…[Continue Reading...]

South African Whistleblower at Centre of Hollywood Sex Cult Featured on The Vow

Published December 8, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged cult leader, Keith Raniere, NXIVM

Born and raised in Johannesburg, Vicente joined NXIVM in 2005. After working as a cinematographer on films like Sarafina!, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Leleti Khumalo and Miriam Makeba, and Father Hood, starring Patrick Swayze and Halle Berry, Vicente co-directed the sleeper-hit documentary film What…[Continue Reading...]

Polygamous cult leader had multiple wives who were minors, FBI says

Published December 8, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, cult leader, polygamist, Samuel Bateman

A cult leader and self-proclaimed prophet had 20 wives, most of whom were minors, the FBI revealed. Samuel Bateman, 46, is facing charges of child abuse and destruction of evidence, with the FBI hinting that further charges are on the…[Continue Reading...]

Record number of young people arrested for terror offences

Published December 7, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged extremists, radicalization, terrorists, UK

London’s top counter-terrorism officer has warned that the Metropolitan Police is becoming “increasingly concerned” by the number of young people being radicalised by extremist ideologies. It comes as Home Office figures reveal that 33 under-18s were arrested for terror offences…[Continue Reading...]

Swift passage seen on bill related to Unification Church solicitations

Published December 7, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

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

TOKYO – The Liberal Democratic Party has presented to opposition parties a draft amendment to a bill prohibiting improper solicitations of large donations as a way to have the bill passed during the Diet session ending Saturday. The bill was…[Continue Reading...]

Son of infamous cult leader Warren Jeffs said new FLDS leader ‘took a page out of my dad’s playbook’

Published December 7, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, FLDS, Polygamists, sexual abuse

Wendell Jeffson, the 22-year-old son of the infamous cult leader Warren Jeffs, told Insider that the up-and-coming FLDS leader being accused of keeping 20 wives — most of them under 15 — "took a page out of my dad's playbook."…[Continue Reading...]

Inside goddess worshipping UK cult where witch led women to reject modern world

Published December 7, 2022 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, UK, witches

An all-female order shunned modern life, including electricity and spoke in pseudo-medieval English as they carried out their work. The Madrian Order originated in Oxford in the 1970s before relocating to Yorkshire. Centred around a person best known as 'Marianne…[Continue Reading...]

What Cargo Cult Rituals Reveal About Human Nature

Published December 7, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cargo cults, cults, rituals

Ceremonial cross of John Frum cargo cult, Tanna island, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu), 1967. Photo: Tim Ross/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 The emergence of cargo cults also reveals something else: the universal human need for ritual. Research shows that humans have…[Continue Reading...]

Germany arrests 25 suspected far-right extremists for plotting to overthrow government

Published December 7, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal arrests, extremists, Germany

German officials arrested 22 suspected members and three suspected supporters of a far-right terrorist organization across the country on Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. In a statement, the German federal prosecutor’s office said an estimated 50…[Continue Reading...]

Supreme Court Gay Rights Case Sparks Question About Scientology

Published December 7, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Scientologists, Scientology

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch posed a question on Monday about Scientology while hearing oral arguments in a crucial gay rights case. The Court heard oral arguments Monday in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, a case about whether Colorado's…[Continue Reading...]