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Jehovah’s Witnesses do not have to pay £62,000 in damages to woman raped by elder after they went out evangelising door-to-door, Supreme Court rules

Published April 26, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged court ruling, Jehovah's Witnesses, rape, sexual abuse, UK

A mother has lost £62,000 damages for being raped by a preacher after a church won a legal battle in the Supreme Court. The worshipper was attacked by Jehovah's Witness elder Mark Sewell, near Cardiff more than 30 years ago. Devastated,…[Continue Reading...]

Former girlfriend of Danny Masterson shares disturbing testimony in retrial

Published April 26, 2023 By admin

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

After a jury failed to reach a verdict last year regarding rape charges against Danny Masterson, the actor’s retrial began on Monday. Variety reports the prosecution was more aggressive in accusing Masterson of drugging his victims in the opening arguments,…[Continue Reading...]

Cults Inside Out

Published April 26, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged book about cults, cult brainwashing, cult education, cult intervention, cult recovery, cult rescue, cults, deprogramming

You’ve seen them in movies and on TV, but cults are more prevalent than you think—and they’re armed with strategies that can brainwash and persuade even the most unlikely of candidates. But how do individuals get involved with cults in…[Continue Reading...]

Internet Burns Woman Caught in Candle MLM Scheme: ‘Amazing Example of Instant Karma’

Published April 26, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged candles, mullti level marketing, multi-level marketing, online, recruitment

On Reddit, a woman who works as a Scentsy consultant is being slammed after she attempted to leverage her multi-level marketing (a.k.a. MLM) candle business into a competition with another vendor who sells handmade wax melts, all in an effort…[Continue Reading...]

Leah Remini UNLOADS on Scientology, Accuses Danny Masterson’s Lawyers of Trying to ‘Throw’ Her Out of Courtroom

Published April 26, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized

Leah Remini lashed out at the Church of Scientology's leader David Miscavige, accusing the religious group's attorneys of trying to get her tossed from Danny Masterson's second rape trial, RadarOnline.com has learned. The King of Queens actress claimed that Masterson's…[Continue Reading...]

Kenyans seek relatives among starvation cult victims

Published April 26, 2023 By admin

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

MALINDI, Kenya, April 26 (Reuters) - Dozens of people converged on a morgue in the Kenyan town of Malindi on Wednesday to seek news of relatives they fear were among at least 89 followers of a cult who are thought…[Continue Reading...]

‘Doomsday cult mom’ on trial

Published April 26, 2023 By admin

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

The sister of Lori Vallow Daybell, the woman accused of killing her kids as part of a religious cult, took the stand. ABC’s Lionel Moise has the jailhouse phone call played in court.[Continue Reading...]

‘Weak and traumatized’ survivors found as 89 bodies recovered in Kenya starvation cult case

Published April 26, 2023 By admin

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

Police have now recovered 89 bodies from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, believed to be linked to a cult that allegedly encouraged its followers to starve themselves to gain salvation, the country’s government said. Kithure Kindiki, the…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya starvation cult death toll hits 90 as morgues fill up: “Nothing prepares you for shallow mass graves of children”

Published April 26, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes

The death toll from a suspected Kenyan starvation cult climbed to 90 on Tuesday, including many children, as police said investigators were pausing the search for bodies because the morgues were full. The discovery of mass graves in Shakahola forest…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow trial – live: Cult mom’s chilling internet searches for kids’ life insurance policies revealed

Published April 25, 2023 By admin

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

The trial of “doomsday cult mom” Lori Vallow is under way 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...]