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Delta: Outcry as three die in cult clash

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged African cults

There was tension, yesterday, in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Council of Delta State, following the reported killing of three suspected cultists by rival cult groups. The Guardian learnt that the alleged murder of one Ekene, a member of a rival…[Continue Reading...]

Alleged polygamist cult under investigation

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, polygamist, Samuel Bateman

Federal documents said 8 young girls escaped from their group home in the Valley and ended up more than a thousand miles away in Washington State.[Continue Reading...]

Bentley-driving accused cult leader has 20 wives as young as age 9, possibly married own daughter, FBI alleges

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, polygamist, Samuel Bateman

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The FBI is accusing a 46-year-old Arizona alleged polygamist cult leader of having 20 wives, many of whom were underage — as young as 9 years old — and of possibly marrying his own daughter. The wives…[Continue Reading...]

‘Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo’ Is a Horrifying Exposé of a Megachurch’s Pedophilic Predators

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Clergy Abuse, Cult Crimes Tagged La Luz del Mundo

Religion, self-help, and horrific sexual abuse frequently go together, as detailed by Spotlight (about the Catholic Church), The Vow (about NXIVM), Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (about the FLDS), Wild Wild Country (about guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s New Age movement),…[Continue Reading...]

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...]