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Police arrest 24 members of suspected sect in FGM operation in Juja, Kiambu

Published March 15, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, criminal charges, Kenya, sect

Police in Juja Subcounty, Kiambu county, arrested 24 people following an operation targeting a suspected religious sect operating within the area. The group was advocating, among others, the Female Genital Mutilation, police said. According to a police report from Abba-Salama…[Continue Reading...]

TWISTED YOGA I was raped at 15 in seedy ‘intitiation’ by sex cult guru who locked naked women in bedroom & forced girls into porn

Published March 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, cult leader, cults, Gregorian Bivolaru, Movement for Spiritual Integration, sexual abuse, survivor story

AFTER her mother had joined a yoga class, 12-year-old Agnes was eager to go along, too. The totalitarian regime of Communist Romania had recently toppled and many young people were in search of a spiritualism that they had been denied…[Continue Reading...]

Inside Michelle Pfeiffer’s life in ‘controlling’ cult which left her broke

Published March 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Breatharianism, cults, Michelle Pfeiffer, survivor story

Michelle Pfieffer has a long and decorated career in Hollywood but before she was Catwoman or a three-time Oscar nominee her days were overshadowed by a "financially draining" experience within a "controlling" cult. The Madison star previously opened about the…[Continue Reading...]

In Focus podcast | When a godman rules your life: In Conversation with Priyamvada Mehra

Published March 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, God Men, gurus, survivior story

Indians by and large are a highly religious people. But there are many other cultures that are as religious, if not more. What makes India unique in this regard is perhaps the abundance of self-styled godmen, and the mass followings…[Continue Reading...]

Yoga cult survivor who escaped before disturbing initiation shares red flags that alerted her to leave

Published March 14, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, cults, Gregorian Bivolaru, Movement for Spiritual Integration, sexual abuse, survivor story

The survivor of a Yoga cult is speaking about her horrific experience in a new documentary three years after the cult’s leader was arrested. Gregorian Bivolaru ran the ‘Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute’, a cult that would initially…[Continue Reading...]

I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness. I believe law on child abuse reporting must change

Published March 13, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Jehovah's Witnesses Tagged abuse, survivor story, UK

Ten years before his election to Parliament, Sam Carling was starting to question almost everything he knew. Britain's youngest MP was raised a Jehovah's Witness, and as a child was a "regular participant" in what he now describes as a…[Continue Reading...]

Mark Bunker running for city council wants to “stop the Scientology takeover” of downtown.

Published March 13, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Clearwater, Florida, Scientologists, Scientology

Watch this video released by Clearwater, Forida city council candidate for 2026. Bnker says he wants to "stop the Scientology takeover" of downtown Clearwater. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLvRPEy08fg[Continue Reading...]

The ‘toxic’ manosphere terms every parent should know

Published March 13, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Andrew Tate, manosphere, vocabulary

This week, Louis Theroux’s latest documentary, Inside the Manosphere,was released on Netflix, with reviewers calling it his ‘most chilling yet’ While the streaming service’s hit 2025 show, Adolescence, was based on part of the same movement, this gives us a…[Continue Reading...]

Judge orders competency evaluation for alleged Zizian cult leader

Published March 13, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult leader, cults, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, Maryland, psychiatric evaluation, Zizians

A Maryland federal judge on Thursday ordered a psychiatric evaluation to determine competency to stand trial for Ziz LaSota, the alleged leader of a cultlike group linked to several killings. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar granted the request from…[Continue Reading...]

Church of Scientology not joining in on regeneration projects around its Clearwater headquarters, locals claim

Published March 12, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Clearwater, downtown real estate, Florida, Scientologists, Scientology

The Florida city of Clearwater, home to the controversial Church of Scientology's international headquarters, is undergoing a wave of urban regeneration, but questions remain about the church's role in this renewal. New city-funded construction is underway across the downtown area,…[Continue Reading...]