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Edo: 10 feared killed in renewed cult clashes

Published September 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, deaths, gangs, Nigeria, violence

No fewer than 10 persons have been reported killed in suspected cult-related clashes in Benin and Auchi, Edo State, in the last three days. The latest of the killings were said to be four victims reportedly shot dead on Wednesday…[Continue Reading...]

Neo-Nazis in court on “race war” terror charges

Published August 31, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal charges, Finland, neo nazis

Prosecutors have charged four Finnish men linked to far-right groups with offences linked to terrorist intent. The offences include aggravated firearms charges and training to commit a terrorist act. The suspected crimes took place in Lahti as well as in…[Continue Reading...]

“I often wonder if my cousins are members of a cult. They worship Donald Trump.”

Published August 31, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult allegations, Donald Trump, expert analysis, research

The reader said, “I often wonder if my cousins are members of a cult. They worship Donald Trump. He has become a god-like figure in their lives and no matter what Trump does, their feelings do not change.” The reader…[Continue Reading...]

Leah Remini Claims Scientology Has Continued To Be “Aggressive” Since She Filed Harassment Suit

Published August 31, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged harassment, lawsuit, Leah Remini, Scientologists, Scientology

The Church of Scientology hasn’t yet responded in court to Leah Remini’s harassment lawsuit filed earlier this month, but according to the Emmy winner, the David Miscavige-led organization has made some harsh moves in reaction. “In the short period of…[Continue Reading...]

My Childhood in a Cult: Growing Up in a Controversial Baltimore Religious Community

Published August 31, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Baltimore, Catholic Charismatic renewal, covenant communities, former member, Lamb of God, personal story

Barefoot girls hold a ribbon and loop around a maypole. Some, styled as the “Little Lambs,” dance for the hundreds gathered at the 15-acre Timonium estate known as The Farm. There are pony rides, potato-sack races, even a live band…[Continue Reading...]

Mayor of Beit Shemesh rescued from violent ultra-Orthodox protest at school opening ceremony

Published August 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Israel, riots, ultra-Orthodox, ultra-Orthodox Jews, violence

Beit Shemesh Mayor Aliza Bloch had to be rescued by Israel Police Tuesday night after hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters violently protested her appearance at the opening of an ultra-Orthodox school in the city. The protesters threw rocks, smashing her car…[Continue Reading...]

Local group protests alleged sexual abuse by member of Kent Jehovah’s Witnesses church

Published August 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse allegations, Jehovah's Witnesses, Ohio, protest

Due to accusations of prior sexual abuse by a current leader, about ten people protested against the Kent Jehovah’s Witnesses church recruiting downtown in a march off Franklin Avenue Saturday. Anna Ciano-Hendricks, co-organizer of the event and former Jehovah’s Witness, said…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-Roman Catholic cardinal, now 93, not competent to stand trial in sex abuse case, judge rules

Published August 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, clergy abuse, incompetent, trial, unfit

Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial on charges accusing him of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in Massachusetts decades ago, a judge ruled Wednesday. Following Judge Paul J. McCallum's ruling, for which McCarrick appeared…[Continue Reading...]

Former Bob Jones University students describe experience, exit from evangelical college

Published August 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bob Jones University, fundamentalists, LGBT, student expelled

Two weeks after he publicly came out as gay, former Bob Jones University student Andrew Pledger heard a knock on his door. It was his final semester of his senior year. He was resting in his dorm room during the…[Continue Reading...]