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Are you being initiated into a cult, but don’t know it yet? An expert weighs in

Published May 18, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult characteristics, cults, destructive cults, warning signs

Cults have long been in existence and there are various ways to tell whether you're being lured into one. Anyone can become a victim, says Dr Alex Asakitikpi, an anthropologist and sociologist, who says it's not easy to leave once…[Continue Reading...]

‘I feel like my family was involved in a cult’; third trial of pastor accused of sexual abuse goes to jury

Published May 18, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged clergy abuse, Michael Sperou, pastor, sexual abuse

As the trial of a man accused of molesting a young girl in his congregation years ago wound down, six women filled the front row of the courtroom gallery. One had traveled from Switzerland. Another from Boston. All share similar…[Continue Reading...]

Pastor Mackenzie’s Kenyan cult: The mother who fled Shakahola forest to save her children

Published May 18, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, mother's story, Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, starvation deaths

Salema Masha speaks softly, but her slender frame is animated by an inner strength that saved the lives of her five children. One day in March she walked them out of a remote wilderness where followers of a Kenyan televangelist…[Continue Reading...]

“He screamed at her for insulting the head of the church”: Tom Cruise Reportedly ‘Pounded at’ Girlfriend Nazanin Boniadi Scientology Assigned to Him after Nicole Kidman Dumped Him

Published May 18, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged failed marriages, Scientologist, Scientology, Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is known for two things- his high-octane action stunts and his two marriages. Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes are two high-profile Hollywood celebrities who married the Top Gun star before divorcing him. Kidman’s marriage lasted from 1990 to…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow – update: Juror says ‘doomsday cult mom’ case meant he could ‘put a face to evil’

Published May 18, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged convictions, cult mom, Idaho, juror comments, Lori Vallow, murder trial

The lone holdout juror in Lori Vallow’s murder trial has revealed why he changed his mind to convict the mother last week. Saul Hernandez sat down with Good Morning America on Tuesday, four days after Vallow was found guilty of…[Continue Reading...]

Toll in Kenya Church-cult deaths rises to 226

Published May 18, 2023 By admin

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

The death toll in a probe into a Kenyan cult suspected of urging followers to starve themselves to death rose to 226 on Wednesday after 15 more bodies were found, the authorities said. Investigators are poring over the forest hideout…[Continue Reading...]

Danny Masterson Rape Retrial Now With Jury; ‘That 70s Show’ Actor Faces Decades In Prison If Found Guilty Of Trio Of Sexual Assault Charges

Published May 17, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Danny Masterson, jury deliberations, Los Angeles, rape trial, Scientology

The jury in Danny Masterson’s rape retrial has begun deliberations. The panel went behind closed doors this morning not long after the conclusion of the prosecution’s final rebuttal and a last unsuccessful move by the defense to have a mistrial…[Continue Reading...]

This Hero Cyclist Hilariously Interrupted a White Nationalist March

Published May 17, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged hate group, heckler, Washington D.C., White supremacists

Not all heroes wear capes, as the saying goes. Sometimes they ride big, clunky urban bike-share bikes to a white supremacist rally and hurl some first-rate insults at a group of masked racists. “Cargo pants are out!” Washington D.C. resident…[Continue Reading...]

Online extremism linked to rise in school shootings in Brazil, researchers find

Published May 17, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brazil, online radicalization, radicalization

Around 2010, Lola Aronovich started receiving threats from men who frequented “masculinist forums” — openly misogynist online groups — that she actively monitored. But the Argentine-Brazilian feminist blogger never imagined her experiences would place her on the front lines of…[Continue Reading...]

Protest to be held in Bnei Brak against Haredi ‘pillaging of the public coffers’

Published May 17, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged funding, Israel, protest, ultra-Orthodox Jews

Anti-government demonstrators will gather in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak tonight to protest against what they are calling the “pillaging of the public coffers.” The march will depart from the Ayalon mall in neighboring Ramat Gan at 9 p.m.…[Continue Reading...]