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Ithaca College community questions Yellow Deli and Twelve Tribes presence

Published May 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult allegations, Ithaca, Twelve Tribes

It is 6 p.m. on a Friday. The sound of a shofar, an instrument typically made from a ram’s horn, echoes throughout a large house to signal that it is time to gather for the beginning of the Sabbath. In…[Continue Reading...]

Trump, Pompeo celebrate group with Unification Church ties

Published May 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged church speakers, Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, Moonies, Sun Mung Moon, Unification Church

Former U.S. President Donald Trump sent a one-minute video message to an event in Seoul organized by a group related to the Unification Church. The Universal Peace Federation opened its “Peace Summit 2023” in the South Korean capital on May…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow trial – live: Cult mom’s brother practiced shooting before botched attack on Chad Daybell’s wife

Published May 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Alex Cox, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Valow, murder trial, murders

Week five of “doomsday cult mom” Lori Vallow’s trial is underway in Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, where the mother-of-three is accused of killing her two youngest children and her new husband Chad Daybell’s first wife. The 49-year-old is…[Continue Reading...]

What Growing Up In A Cult Taught Me About Boundaries

Published May 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged boundaries, Children of God, coercive control, cult survivor, destructive cults

You might think that growing up in a cult had no boundaries – but it had plenty. They were just set for you as a matter of course – rules, structures and expectations were outlined from the moment of birth…[Continue Reading...]

Cult deaths prompt Kenyan sisters, religious leaders to call for strict scrutiny of churches

Published May 4, 2023 By admin

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

Morris Yimbo is struggling to come to terms with losing his three sons in a starvation cult in the forest of Shakahola, a deeply traditional remote village of southeastern Kenya. Paul Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed pastor who in 2003 founded the…[Continue Reading...]

Kenyan Pastor Faces Court Over Cult Massacre

Published May 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, Ezekiel Odero, Kenya, televangelist

A prominent Kenyan pastor faces a court hearing on Thursday in connection with the horrific discovery last month of dozens of bodies in mass graves. Ezekiel Odero, a wealthy televangelist who boasts a huge following, is being investigated on a…[Continue Reading...]

Inside a Kenyan starvation cult and its tragic end in a forest of death

Published May 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes

MALINDI, Kenya, May 4 (Reuters) - Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie lived with hundreds of followers in makeshift homes of polythene sheeting and thatch in a remote forest camp that he divided into areas with biblical names like Jerusalem and…[Continue Reading...]

SatanCon: World’s ‘largest gathering of Satanists’ hails diversity, fellowship

Published May 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged 2023, Boston, SatanCon, Satanism

BOSTON — About 800 people, including many who donned sinister-themed outfits, gathered in Boston last weekend for the second annual SatanCon – an “impious” gathering of supporters of The Satanic Temple, the subject of the critically-acclaimed documentary, “Hail Satan?” Attendance…[Continue Reading...]

What Am I Clapping For? Shen Yun’s Religious Propaganda or Creative Art?

Published May 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alleged cult leader, Falun Gong, Li Hongzhi, Shen Yun

In April, my wife, a friend and I were part of a packed audience that for more than two hours applauded religious propaganda during a performance in Spokane’s First Interstate Center for the Arts. Our friend had said that we…[Continue Reading...]

Opinion: Hillsong Copies Televangelists’ Defense Strategy

Published May 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bobbie Houston, Brian Houston, Hillsong Church, JAustralia, megachurch, scandal, televangelists

Australian megachurch Hillsong, facing leadership scandals and allegations of financial misdeeds, has embraced a defense strategy remarkably like American televangelists facing investigations and court challenges. Hillsong’s responses to allegations can be summarized as … Deny problems exist. Create churches as…[Continue Reading...]