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Raniere, Bronfman lose federal appeals in NXIVM case

Published December 9, 2022 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Clare Bronfman, convictions affirmed, Keith Raniere, NXIVM, sex cult

NEW YORK – A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Friday upheld the conviction and 120-year prison sentence of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere, rejecting arguments that the purported self-help guru from Saratoga County who is widely known as a cult…[Continue Reading...]

cult, sex cult, FLDS, Arizona, polygamy

Published December 9, 2022 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arizona, criminal charges, FLDS, Polygamists, Samuel Bateman

Watch this video featuring former cult victim Flora Jessop, an activist helping polygamist children that are sex trafficking victims.[Continue Reading...]

Japan seeks more information from Unification Church over adoptions

Published December 9, 2022 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged adoptions, Japan, Sun Mung Moon, Unification Church

Welfare minister Katsunobu Kato said Friday that his ministry will send an additional letter of inquiry to the religious group known as the Unification Church to confirm more details about adoptions among its followers. “We need to check further details,”…[Continue Reading...]

Daybell trial date set: Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell will be tried this spring

Published December 9, 2022 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult murders, Idaho, Lore Vallow

After Judge Steven Boyce decided that Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell would be tried together, a new date for the joint trial has been set. According to Fox 10 News, Daybell and Vallow will be tried together on April 3,…[Continue Reading...]

How Clare Bronfman Spun NXIVM to Herself

Published December 9, 2022 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Clare Bronfman, cult leader, Keith Raniere, NXIVM, sex cult

Clare Bronfman was always one of the biggest mysteries of the NXIVM case. How did the heir to the Seagram fortune, with every opportunity and upper hand that vast wealth provided, wind up in the grips of—and often bankroll to—a multilevel marketing self-help…[Continue Reading...]

Danny Masterson Rape Mistrial: Jury Foreman Dishes On ‘Inconsistencies’ In Testimonies, Says Scientology Didn’t Influence Voting

Published December 9, 2022 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal trial, Danny Masterson, Los Angeles, Scientology

Late last month, Danny Masterson got off scot-free in his rape case, as after pleading not guilty to sexual assault charges hurled by three women, the 12-person jury couldn't come to an agreement even after six days of deliberation. Now,…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church Falls into Category of Cult: Japan Min. Kono

Published December 9, 2022 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, Japan, Sun Mung Moon, Unification Church

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese consumer affairs minister Taro Kono on Friday suggested that the controversial religious group known as the Unification Church fits the description of a cult. "My personal understanding is that (the Unification Church) falls under the…[Continue Reading...]

Radicalization for all: German coup plot shows power of online conspiracies

Published December 8, 2022 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged extremists, Germany, online radicalization, QAnon

A secret group of German ultranationalists being arrested after plotting to overthrow the government, murder the chancellor and install a monarch is a situation you might expect to find in a 19th or 20th century history textbook, not contemporary headlines.…[Continue Reading...]

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Published December 8, 2022 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized

It’s “free week” from The Tribune (you’re welcome). This is your chance to read those subscriber-only Latter-day Saint stories from recent months that you may have missed — and to consider becoming a subscriber yourself, so you can access that…[Continue Reading...]

Japan’s lower house tightens religious donation rules amid Unification church controversy

Published December 8, 2022 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Japanyung Moon, legislation, Sun Mung Moon, Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church

Japan’s lower house of parliament has passed a law that will make it a crime for religious and other organisations to “maliciously” secure donations from members – a move seen as an attempt by the ruling party to defuse the…[Continue Reading...]