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Staff at Scientology-backed drug rehab claim wages not paid, blow whistle on dodgy labour practices

Published January 22, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Narconon Africa Rehabilitation Centre in Rustenburg, North West, is facing allegations of worker abuse, irregular practices and flouting of labour laws. Beyond the gilded gates that lead to the pristine grounds of the Narconon Africa Rehabilitation Centre in Rustenburg, North…[Continue Reading...]

Court remands 6 individuals over involvement in Ondo cult killings

Published January 22, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrests, cults, gangs, Nigeria

Six individuals have been remanded in police custody after they were arraigned at the Akure Magistrate Court in Ondo State. This was revealed via a court ruling by Magistrate Sunday Adedapo on Tuesday, January 21. The accused individuals are 28…[Continue Reading...]

Decades-Long Clergy Abuse Scandal Uncovered in Italian Diocese

Published January 21, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged abuse, Italy, Roman Catholic Church, sexua

An independent report has revealed numerous cases of sex abuse by clergy in a northern Italian diocese over six decades. The investigation uncovered 67 possible instances of abuse linked to 41 priests. The report highlights systemic failures within the Church…[Continue Reading...]

TG CID warn against rising pyramid and MLM fraud schemes

Published January 21, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged government warning, India, multi level marketing scams, pyramid schemes

“These schemes target unsuspecting investors by masquerading as legitimate ventures in cryptocurrencies or products such as agro goods, garments, herbal health items, and household products. Victims are lured with promises of unrealistic returns, daily income, and commissions for recruiting others…[Continue Reading...]

Pope dissolves Peru-based Catholic movement after ‘sadistic abuses’

Published January 21, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Peru, Roman Catholic sect, sect disolved, Sodalitium of Christian Life

Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium of Christian Life (SCV), after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican investigation. The investigation uncovered sexual abuses by its founder, financial mismanagement by…[Continue Reading...]

Glenn Close Says She Relied on Her ‘Active Imagination’ as a Child While Growing Up in a Cult-Like Religious Group

Published January 21, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, Frank Buchman, Glenn Close, Moral Re-Armament, Rev. cult, survivor storyr

Glenn Close is opening up about her unconventional childhood. The actress, 77, said in a Jan. 19 broadcast of Today’s Sunday Sitdown that she relied on her "active imagination" while growing up in a cult-like religious group. Close spent her…[Continue Reading...]

Who pays for pricey lawyers and experts to help convicted cult leader Keith Raniere, in his endless legal battle?

Published January 20, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Alan Dershowitz, cult leader, Keith Raniere, legal appeals, NXIVM, sex cut

[Note: Nothing in this article discloses how all the pricey lawyers and experts are paid to defend this cult leader. Lawyers like Alan Dershiwitz don't work for free. And the experts must have cost a pretty penny. Does sex cult…[Continue Reading...]

Sri Lanka central bank probe finds 21 pyramid schemes

Published January 20, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged pyramid schemes, Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank bank said its investigations have discovered 21 companies that were operating pyramid schemes. Pyramid schemes also known as multi-level marketing and direct selling are recruitment programs where one member recruits a number of others…[Continue Reading...]

Shock over Church of Scientology advert allowed at London Tube station

Published January 20, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged advertising, recruitment, Scientologists, Scientology, UK

An advert promoting the controversial Scientology religion at a London Tube station has caused shock and disbelief among commuters. The poster, which encourages Londoners to find out more about the group, was spotted over the weekend at a Tube platform.…[Continue Reading...]

Remembering the star-crossed life of self-help guru James Arthur Ray

Published January 19, 2025 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged convicted felon, James Arthur Ray, self-help guru, sweat lodge deaths

A little more than two weeks ago, I clicked on the website of self-help guru James Arthur Ray and saw that tickets to his next “Harmonic Wealth” weekend, planned for April 12-13, were being heavily discounted for a price of…[Continue Reading...]