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Pastor Mackenzie’s church targeted smart, broke graduates

Published April 28, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes

As the bewilderment that has engulfed Kenyans following the starvation to death of four cult members in Malindi, Kilifi County persists, more families and those lucky to survive are now coming forward to narrate their ordeal. The families accuse Pastor…[Continue Reading...]

Nearly $2.3B awarded in sex abuse lawsuit that named LDS Church

Published April 28, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, lawsuit, Mormon Church, Mormons, sexual abuse, two billion dollar judgement

Riverside, Calif. • A woman who was molested for years by her stepfather has been awarded $2.28 billion by a California jury in a lawsuit that also implicated her mother and the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,…[Continue Reading...]

Maina Kageni: My mum gave US preacher Benny Hinn Sh500k but denied me Sh40k

Published April 28, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Benny Hinn, donations, Kenya

Popular radio host Maina Kageni, has revealed how his mother once gave a tithe of Sh500,000 to US preacher Benny Hinn, even as she denied him a smaller amount of money. “My mum gave half a million to US preacher…[Continue Reading...]

More than 100 died at a religious cult in Kenya. The majority are children, says minister

Published April 28, 2023 By admin

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

Children account for most of the 109 bodies so far recovered in mass graves linked to a cult in Kenya, the interior minister said on Friday, the latest details in a case that has shocked the country and prompted calls…[Continue Reading...]

LIVE UPDATES FROM THE LORI VALLOW DAYBELL TRIAL

Published April 28, 2023 By admin

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

9:14 a.m. Next witness on the stand is Fremont County Sheriff’s Office Dep. Colter Cannon. Fremont County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tawyna Rawlings will be questioning Cannon. 9:13 a.m. Samantha leaves the witness stand and Larry and Kay Woodcock reach out…[Continue Reading...]

Danny Masterson accuser says she was ‘hacked by Scientology’

Published April 28, 2023 By admin

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

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Actor and celebrity Scientologist Danny Masterson is on trial, accused of raping three women more than 20 years ago - but every day in court, jurors are hearing more and more about Scientology. Masterson was born…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow trial – live: Tammy Daybell’s sister testifies about sudden death as Tylee’s DNA found on pickaxe

Published April 28, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged court testimony, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murder trial

The trial of “doomsday cult mom” Lori Vallow 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 charged…[Continue Reading...]

‘Starvation cult’ death toll in Kenya rises to 103 as popular preacher Ezekiel Odero arrested

Published April 28, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 100 dead, cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, starvation deaths

Forensic teams have been digging in a Kenyan forest and there are fears dozens more victims could still be found after church leaders like Paul Mackenzie and Ezekiel Odero were arrested on suspicion of telling people to starve themselves to…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya cult deaths: Pastor Ezekiel Odero arrested in funeral home probe

Published April 28, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrested, Ezekiel Odero, Good News International Church, Kenya, starvation deaths, televangelist

Kenyan police have arrested a popular televangelist and closed his church on the country's Indian Ocean coast following reports of mass deaths. The move comes as investigations go on into a religious cult linked to the deaths of nearly 100…[Continue Reading...]

Pastor Paul Mackenzie: What did the starvation cult leader preach?

Published April 28, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged church beliefs, cult leader, deaths, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie Nthenge

The leader of a Christian cult in Kenya is due to appear in court next week, as the exhumation of bodies found in mass graves on his land continues. At least 90 have been discovered so far. Pastor Paul Nthenge…[Continue Reading...]