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‘Second-gen’ of Unification Church members in Japan sue for 320 million yen in damages

Published July 24, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes

TOKYO -- Eight individuals who are the children of followers of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly the Unification Church, filed a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on July 24 seeking a total of about 320…[Continue Reading...]

Dealing with conspiracy theories: debunking works

Published July 24, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, research, study

A Chinese biological weapon! Bill Gates! 5G! Asterix and Obelix! Five years ago, the coronavirus pandemic saw followers of conspiracy theories going more than a little crazy: they competed to explain who or what was “really” behind it, and who…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola Two: Fresh fears of cult activities in Binzaro

Published July 24, 2025 By admin

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

Save for a few tourist vans headed to Malindi, the Malindi-Sala Gate road feels like a graveyard. Snaking through sleepy villages—Kakuyuni, Jilore, Kakoneni, Marikano, Pishimwenga, Baolala, Timboni, Chakama and Zowerani—the tarmac lies hauntingly silent, the journey marked by a sense…[Continue Reading...]

10 Documentaries That Expose The Dark Side Of Devotion

Published July 24, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, destructive cults, documentaries about cults

From seemingly harmless self-help groups to full-blown doomsday cults, here are 10 jaw-dropping documentaries that’ll leave you questioning just how thin the line between devotion and destruction really is. Most of us think we’d never fall for a cult, but…[Continue Reading...]

The rise and fall of the British cult that hid in plain sight

Published July 24, 2025 By admin

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

Until she was six, Philippa Barnes was surrounded by things that were hers. She had a favourite pair of red-and-white-striped dungarees and a long garden with a strawberry patch. She had a close-knit family: a mum, dad, two brothers and…[Continue Reading...]

New evidence suggests Unification Church tried to sway PPP leadership election for Yoon

Published July 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, cults, political influence, South Korea, Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church

Following evidence that a high-ranking member of the Unification Church met with Jeon Seong-bae (a shaman who goes by the name “Geonjin”) to discuss enrolling church members in the People Power Party (PPP) before the party convention in 2023, a…[Continue Reading...]

Influencer who was adopted into religious cult and managed to break free at 18 speaks out

Published July 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, famil cults, survivor story

Cat Baugh’s time on Below Deck was cut short. But, during her time on the Bravo show she opened up about a deeply personal and harrowing chapter of her past. The reality star revealed she was adopted into a strict…[Continue Reading...]

Program: South Korean cults, and the hero chaplain at Gallipoli

Published July 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, South Korea

South Korea is one of the great success stories of the past 30 years, moving from military dictatorship to a strong democracy and economy. Last year, it weathered a serious test when the former president tried to declare martial law.…[Continue Reading...]

Program: Troubling Korean religious cults

Published July 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, South Korea

Sunday school teacher jailed for sexually abusing nine children was protected by church leader, Victorian cult inquiry hears

Published July 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, child abuse, cults, Geelong Revival Centre, sexual abuse

A Sunday school teacher who was jailed for sexually abusing nine children was protected by the leader of his fundamentalist church, after parents reported the abuse to him instead of police, a Victorian parliamentary inquiry has heard. Catherine and Ryan…[Continue Reading...]