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Controversial doomsday cult, Shincheonji, expands into the Pacific Islands

Published April 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Shincheonji

Former members of a Korean doomsday cult are sounding a warning that the religious sect is turning its focus to Pacific nations. Melanie Earley investigates. Undeterred by public scrutiny in Aotearoa, a secretive religious group is expanding into the Pacific…[Continue Reading...]

Thai police bust religious cult and arrest Taiwanese, Chinese leaders

Published April 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal arrests, Heaven of Heaven Group, Lion Empire, Lion Kingdom Federation, Taiwanese cult, Thailand

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese man was arrested in Thailand’s Chonburi Province on Saturday (April 29) along with four Chinese nationals in connection to a religious cult that was also operating an illegal business. A 60-year-old Taiwanese man surnamed…[Continue Reading...]

Popular Kenyan televangelist admits to 15 deaths at his church

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged deaths, Ezekiel Odero, Kenya, New Life Prayer Centre Church, televangelist

Ezekiel Odero is being detained and investigated for murder, aiding suicide, abduction, radicalisation, genocide, crimes against humanity, child cruelty, fraud, money laundering and being an accessory to crimes His lawyers said their client is not linked in any way to…[Continue Reading...]

Plea deal struck over girl’s disappearance following Warren Jeffs ‘revelation’

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, FLDS, Heber Jeffs, North Dakota, plea deal, polygamist groups, Polygamists

A man accused of kidnapping a 10-year-old girl following a "revelation" from imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has struck a plea deal with prosecutors. Court records show that Heber Pearson Jeffs pleaded guilty on Tuesday to third-degree felony custodial interference…[Continue Reading...]

NSW woman reveals life growing up in a fundamentalist sect

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, Christian fundamentalists, former member, personal story, recovery

It was the only thing generations of her family had ever known but, at 19, one woman revealed how one simple act led her to cut all ties with the fundamentalist sect she had grown up in. Laura McConnell, now…[Continue Reading...]

True crime: Dinner invite ends in Missouri family cult killing

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, Jeffrey Lundgren, murders, Ohio

KIRTLAND, Ohio — On October 24, 2006, Jeffrey Lundgren, who was convicted of murdering a Missouri family, received a lethal injection at a correctional facility in Lucasville, Ohio. Lundgren was originally from Independence, Missouri and claimed to be a prophet…[Continue Reading...]

Jurors Hear Chad Daybell’s Chilling 911 Call for Ex-Spouse

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, Idaho, murder trial, prophecy of wife's death

A month after prosecutors say Doomsday author Chad Daybell colluded with his paramour to kill her two children, he called 911 about another death—this one a little closer to home. “I’m Chad the husband. She’s clearly dead,” Daybell is heard…[Continue Reading...]

TV stations linked to Pastor Odero, cult leader Mackenzie taken off air

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Ezekiel Odero, New Life International Church, pastor arrested, televangelist, television ministry shut down

The Communication Authority (CA) has taken action against two TV stations associated with cult leader Paul Mackenzie of Good News International Church and Pastor Ezekiel Odero of New Life International Church. According to CA Director General Ezra Chiloba, the two…[Continue Reading...]

Thai cops arrest Chinese cult leader for claiming divine communication

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrested, cult leader, Hong Lian Zhu, Thailand

Thai cops arrested a Chinese cult leader who refers to herself as the “Mother of the Universe” and claims to be the leader of the ‘Universal Lion Federation.’ She has been accused of fraudulently claiming she can communicate with deities,…[Continue Reading...]

Police rescue 31 people from suspected cult church in Nakuru

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Army Rurwama, cults, Nigeria, rescue

Police on Saturday rescued 31 people from a suspected cult church in Nakuru. The 31 people, including 17 children as young as two years were rescued while confined to fasting in a house in Kamwene B Village, Njoro Sub-County on…[Continue Reading...]

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