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How a cult brainwashed me, and how I escaped

Published May 19, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, cults, personal story

When we think of cults we think of David Koresh and the Waco Siege, the Manson Family, and of people like Jim Jones, who convinced 918 of his followers to kill themselves and their children. But those are extreme examples…[Continue Reading...]

Sect leader who claims God sent him to Ruto, stuns Mbita court with bizarre prayer

Published May 18, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, Kenya, self-proclaimed prophet, video

Police in Homa Bay have arrested a self-proclaimed cleric who recently said he wants to meet President William Ruto to deliver a prophetic message. The cleric, identified as Joseph Chenge, is being held at Mbita police station after he was arrested on…[Continue Reading...]

Duggar family and ‘cult’ religion exposed in docuseries: ‘Raises little predators’

Published May 18, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bill Gothard, cult claims, Duggar family

An explosive new trailer for a docuseries about the Duggar family from “19 Kids and Counting” was released on Thursday and claims to “expose the truth” about a religion that many claim “raises little predators” and “turned every father into…[Continue Reading...]

Agony of woman whose son narrowly escaped cult initiation

Published May 18, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Benin, cults, recruitment

A mother of three in Benin, Edo State, Mrs. Martina Ikhide, is heart-broken. She betrayed emotion as she narrated how one of her sons, Omonfomam Gabriel Ikhide, was lured into initiation, beaten, bruised and manhandled by a cult group in…[Continue Reading...]

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...]

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