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Shiny Happy People is a great reminder of why cult documentaries should exist

Published June 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bill Gothard, Christian fundamentalists, documentary, Duggar family, Institute in Basic Life Principles

I grew up adjacent to the fundamentalist Christian cult that Shiny Happy People, the four-part docuseries ostensibly about the reality TV-famous Duggar family, was really about. The Institute for Basic Life Principles (IBLP), founded and led by a man named…[Continue Reading...]

19 new bodies recovered in Kenya doomsday cult, pushing death toll past 300

Published June 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvation deaths

The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practiced starvation to "meet Jesus Christ" has surpassed 300 after 19 new bodies were found Tuesday, a senior official said. Police believe most of the bodies found in a…[Continue Reading...]

The Upper West Side Cult That Hid in Plain Sight

Published June 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, New York, Saul Newton, The Sullivanian Institute, The Sullivanians

Cults thrive in isolation, and this poses a challenge for the urban cult leader. Jim Jones, of the Peoples Temple, exerted an unsettling degree of influence on San Francisco politics of the late nineteen-seventies but was eventually forced to flee…[Continue Reading...]

Death toll from Kenyan doomsday cult crosses 300

Published June 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 300 dead, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, starvation deaths

NAIROBI, June 13 (Reuters) - The death toll from a Kenyan starvation cult crossed 300 on Tuesday after authorities exhumed more bodies in a forest, in one of the worst cult-related tragedies in recent history. Authorities say the dead were…[Continue Reading...]

Ethiopia: How Missing Cult Members Fearing Doomsday Were Duped to Go Ethiopia to Meet Jesus

Published June 13, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult leaders, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya

New details have emerged indicating that over 80 members of a cult who went missing from Uganda last month had been duped by their pastor of an impending doomsday and that they would only be spared by meeting Jesus in…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya Cult Survivors Face Suicide Charges

Published June 13, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult survivors, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya

Sixty-five survivors of a Kenyan Christian cult are facing charges of attempted suicide after refusing to eat meals given to them at the rescue centre where they had been taken. At court on Monday, the prosecution applied to have the…[Continue Reading...]

Cult Followers Repatriated From Ethiopia To Uganda: Ministry

Published June 13, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Church Christ Disciples, cult, Ethiopia, Uganda

Ugandan authorities said Tuesday that 80 followers of a religious cult from the country's east had been deported from Ethiopia where they travelled believing they would find salvation through starving. The followers of Church Christ Disciples from Soroti travelled to…[Continue Reading...]

What Happens When a QAnon Cult Leader Moves Into Town

Published June 13, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Canada, cult leader, QAnon, QAnon Queen, Romana Didulo

TATAMAGOUCHE, Nova Scotia – The QAnon Queen of Canada leans so close to the windshield of her motorhome her face is almost pressed against the glass when she screams into her walkie-talkie. “Ignore them!” her voice crackles over the radio.…[Continue Reading...]

Another allegation of sex abuse made against former Dubuque priest

Published June 12, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged clergy abuse allegations, Dubuque, Father Leo Riley, Iowa

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KWWL) -- Officials with the archdiocese of Dubuque are asking the public to come forward with any information of alleged past sexual abuse of minors by Father Leo Riley after another allegation of abuse was made against him.…[Continue Reading...]

Settlements end $100M clergy abuse lawsuit against Sault diocese

Published June 12, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged class action lawsuit, clergy abuse, Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada, settlement, sexual abuse

A proposed class-action lawsuit launched by sexual abuse survivors on Manitoulin Island has been discontinued after 29 victims reached individual settlements. The $100-million claim was filed against the Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada, also known as the English Canada Province, as well as…[Continue Reading...]