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LIVE UPDATES: Court hearing underway in Chad Daybell case

Published May 5, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, criminal trial, cult leader, Idaho, murders

LIVE UPDATES FROM CHAD DAYBELL COURT HEARING 4:17 p.m. Prior says he is fine with having the trial in June 2024. Nothing else in this hearing. Court is adjourned. 4:16 p.m. One of the prosecutors has an event next May,…[Continue Reading...]

Kenyan Starvation Cult: Catholic Bishop Highlights Sects to Avoid

Published May 5, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Cult Warning signs, doomsday cults, Kenya

Sects led by people who claim to have supernatural experiences could potentially be dangerous cults that must be avoided, the Catholic Bishop of Kenya’s Malindi Diocese has said. In an interview with ACI Africa, Bishop Willybard Kitogho Lagho said that…[Continue Reading...]

Kenyan Cult Leader In Court Over Forest Massacre

Published May 5, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged court appearance, criminal charges, cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie Nthenge

A Kenyan cult leader accused of inciting and possibly forcing his followers to starve themselves to death appeared in court Friday in connection with the deaths of more than 100 people found buried in mass graves. The deeply religious Christian-majority…[Continue Reading...]

Kenyan pastor accused of links to cult leader freed on bond

Published May 5, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes

A Kenyan court on Thursday released on bond televangelist Ezekiel Odero who was detained last week as investigations started into the deaths of dozens of people said to have starved themselves to death on the instructions of a cult leader…[Continue Reading...]

Sister Tells Of ‘Heartbreak’ Over Kenya Cult Member Accused Of Starving Kids

Published May 5, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged affected families, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, starvation deaths

When Roseline Asena's younger brother quit drinking after joining a Kenyan church run by now notorious cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, she hailed the self-proclaimed pastor for "saving" him from the clutches of alcoholism. Little did she imagine that two…[Continue Reading...]

1 of 2 Kenyan pastors in starvation cult probe eligible for release on bond

Published May 5, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged bail release, criminal charges, doomsday cult, Ezekiel Odero, Kenya, starvation deaths

A Kenyan court has set a 3 million shilling bond for pastor Ezekiel Odero, an affiliate of starvation cult leader and mass murder suspect Paul Mackenzie. Odero's lawyers acknowledge that 15 of his followers died at his church, but all…[Continue Reading...]

Four Proud Boys members found guilty of seditious conspiracy

Published May 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal convictions, Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, hate group, Joseph Biggs, Proud Boys, Proud Boys Chairman, seditious conspiracy, Zachary Rehl

Four members of the far-right Proud Boys have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy by a jury in Washington, DC, for their roles to forcibly prevent the peaceful transfer of power from then-President Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the…[Continue Reading...]

Ithaca College community questions Yellow Deli and Twelve Tribes presence

Published May 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult allegations, Ithaca, Twelve Tribes

It is 6 p.m. on a Friday. The sound of a shofar, an instrument typically made from a ram’s horn, echoes throughout a large house to signal that it is time to gather for the beginning of the Sabbath. In…[Continue Reading...]

Trump, Pompeo celebrate group with Unification Church ties

Published May 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged church speakers, Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, Moonies, Sun Mung Moon, Unification Church

Former U.S. President Donald Trump sent a one-minute video message to an event in Seoul organized by a group related to the Unification Church. The Universal Peace Federation opened its “Peace Summit 2023” in the South Korean capital on May…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow trial – live: Cult mom’s brother practiced shooting before botched attack on Chad Daybell’s wife

Published May 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Alex Cox, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Valow, murder trial, murders

Week five of “doomsday cult mom” Lori Vallow’s trial 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…[Continue Reading...]