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Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army review – the eye-opening tale of a national shame

Published July 28, 2025 By admin

Nobody wants to be in a cult. That includes the people who are in cults – which is why they tend to claim they’re nothing of the sort. Founded in 1970s Northamptonshire by lay pastor and self-anointed prophet Noel Stanton,…[Continue Reading...]

She Escaped Scientology, And She’s Sharing The Story Of How She Did It

Published July 27, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged escaping Scientology, ex-Scientologist, personal story, Scientologists, Scientology

In the 2000s, Tory Magoo (@torychristman44) decided that she wanted to get out of Scientology after being in the cult for 30 years. Now, she’s on TikTok telling the story of how she managed to escape from Scientology. A friend…[Continue Reading...]

Detectives discover shallow graves at Kwa Binzaro ‘cult’ site, in Kilifi

Published July 27, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal investigation, cult, cult leader, deaths, Good News International Church, graves, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) conducted a fact-finding visit to the site of an alleged fasting-to-death cult, where one body and two human remains were recently recovered. The team that was led by the Director in charge…[Continue Reading...]

Sitdown Sunday: Unexplained deaths and child exorcisms – inside the cult of the Jesus Army

Published July 27, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, cult leader, cults, Jesus Army, Noel Stanton, survivor story, UK

IT’S A DAY of rest, and you may be in the mood for a quiet corner and a comfy chair. We’ve hand-picked some of the week’s best reads for you to savour. Philippa was only six when her parents joined…[Continue Reading...]

‘We give our genitals to Jesus’: The cult that promoted celibacy while covering up its own abuse

Published July 27, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized

Sarah left the Jesus Army 21 years ago. She has been in therapy, on and off, ever since, trying to reclaim her personality and dispense with a decade of indoctrination that saw her given the “virtue name” Sarah Submissive and…[Continue Reading...]

Who is Robert Shinn, ‘TikTok cult’ leader whose home was raided in federal sex-trafficking probe?

Published July 27, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 7M Films, California, cult leader, cults, police raid, Robert Shinn, Shekinah Church

Investigators from at least four federal agencies raided a California home Friday linked to mysterious “TikTok” cult Pastor Robert Shinn, the founder of a so-called talent agency that allegedly exploited amateur dancers with promises of TikTok stardom. A handful of…[Continue Reading...]

CULT HORROR Who was Noel Stanton and how did the founder of the Jesus Army die?

Published July 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, cult leader, Jesus Army, Noel Stanton, UK

Charismatic preacher turned cult leader Noel Stanton built a religious empire that hid horrific abuse behind colourful buses and a "Christian community" for nearly four decades. Born on Christmas Day 1926, this ordinary Baptist minister transformed into one of Britain's…[Continue Reading...]

Sask. RCMP charge owner of ‘Queen of Canada’ compound with assaulting officers

Published July 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Canada, criminal charges, cult leader, Romana Didulo

RCMP say a man has been charged with assaulting two police officers in a southwestern Saskatchewan village where so-called followers of the "Queen of Canada" have set up a compound. Mounties say 61-year-old Ricky Manz has also been charged with…[Continue Reading...]

Aum Shinrikyo: the cult that refuses to die

Published July 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged Aleph, Aum Shinrikyo, cults, doomsday cult, Japan

Japanese authorities have warned that the son of a cult leader behind the deadly sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway network in 1995 is now the leader of a successor group. The cult, Aum Shinrikyo was disbanded and its…[Continue Reading...]

DEEP DIVE: Cults recruiting on campus and the ‘walk up evangelism’ controversy

Published July 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, college campus, cults, recruitment, tactics, targeting students, university campus

You expect to see a few clubs trying to recruit at uni O-week. Maybe it's a sport team, or an arts group. But what about a cult? Students across the country are experiencing "walk up evangelism", and it's not just…[Continue Reading...]