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‘I’ve been getting 100 messages a day’: Church of Scientology accused of intimidating UK critics

Published March 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged attacking critics, Scientologists, Scientology, UK

Alex Barnes-Ross, a marketing director from east London, regularly posts YouTube videos criticising Scientology. In some of them, the former Scientologist, 29, describes his experience of joining aged 15 and becoming its London director of book sales. In others, he…[Continue Reading...]

The sinister British cult that lured in its victims with the promise of ‘life coaching’ and fleeced members out of millions of pounds – as disgraced head honcho goes on the run

Published March 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, life coaching, Lighthouse, Paul Waugh, Shaun Cooper, UK

It's been three years since British cult Lighthouse was brought down over allegations of exploitation and fraud after fleecing over £2 million from its trusting members. Lighthouse, also known as Lighthouse International Group, was founded in 2012 and paraded itself…[Continue Reading...]

‘Cults like us’: Why cults are as American as apple pie

Published March 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged American history, cults, sects

“We all have an idea of what constitutes a cult,” writes author Jane Borden in “Cults Like Us – Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America” (One Signal Publishers). “The word cult conjures a mental picture: a group of beautiful young people…[Continue Reading...]

B.C. court voids ‘cult’ marriage, finding woman didn’t ‘truly consent’

Published March 22, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Canada, cults, Dera Sacha Sauda, marriage revoked, sect

A British Columbia judge has annulled the marriage of a woman to a fellow member of an India-based "cult group," saying she didn't "truly consent" to the 2023 wedding. The B.C. Supreme Court ruling issued this week says Arshnoor Kaur…[Continue Reading...]

Avery Haines: How I landed an interview with accused cult leaders

Published March 22, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged cult leaders, Jeff Divine, Michigan, Shaleia Divine, Twin Flames Universe

The subject line stopped me cold. “We’re not a cult.” It was late 2024, and the email came from a crisis PR firm hired by a couple under siege—Jeff and Shaleia Divine, the controversial spiritual leaders behind Twin Flames Universe.…[Continue Reading...]

Who Are the Zizians: Why 6 Killings Are Linked to Alleged Vegan Techie “Cult”

Published March 22, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, cult leader, deaths, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, murders, prosecutions, Zizians

It turned out Jack "Ziz" LaSota wasn't dead. Not on Aug. 19, 2022, when the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a call about a person falling off a boat in San Francisco Bay but were unable to locate a body. And…[Continue Reading...]

‘I want to be the best man possible’: Meet the manosphere-curious men trying to deradicalise themselves online

Published March 21, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged hyper-masculinity, Incels, online radicalization

In 2023, I stumbled across a subreddit called r/IncelExit. It’s a self-described place “for people who got drawn into the incel community but want support and help with a way out”. With the aim of writing about the group, and…[Continue Reading...]

Aum Shinrikyo Successors Continue to Gain New Young Members

Published March 21, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Aleph, Aum Shinrikyo, cults, Japan, recruitment

Tokyo, March 21 (Jiji Press)--Three successor groups of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult continue to attract new young members 30 years after the cult carried out a deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Of them, mainstream…[Continue Reading...]

Aum Victims Seek Govt Help as Aleph Compensation Stalls; Cult’s Successor Group Said to Have Hidden Assets

Published March 21, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aleph, Aum Shinrikyo, doomsday cult, Japan, victim compensation

Thirty years after the Aum Supreme Truth cult’s deadly attacks, victims’ families are calling for urgent government intervention as compensation payments from its successor group remain stalled. Marking the 30th anniversary of Aum’s 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo…[Continue Reading...]