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Growing up queer in a Hasidic Jewish community, Sara Glass shares her journey of survival

Published June 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Haredi, LGBT, survivor story, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups

As 19-year-old Sara Glass sat across from a stranger in a hotel lobby in downtown Manhattan, she knew the rest of her life would be decided for her. Both raised in the Orthodox Gur sect of Hasidic Judaism, the pair…[Continue Reading...]

Court sets free Rongo church leaders amid allegations of cult-like practices

Published June 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged deaths, Kenya, St. Joseph Mission of Messiah in Africa

Four members of Rongo sub-county-based controversial church, Melkio St. Joseph Mission of Messiah in Africa, who have been in remand for more than a month as police investigate the church over alleged radicalisation among other issues, have been set free…[Continue Reading...]

Ada coroner releases name of woman who fell into canal. She was a cult survivor

Published June 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged death, FLDS, Idaho, Polygamist cult, survivor

Officials have released the name of a woman who died Tuesday night after being pulled from a Boise Bench waterway. Boise police and fire rescue units found the woman “fully submerged” in the Ridenbaugh Canal near the 2900 block of…[Continue Reading...]

Trauma, victimhood and for-profit spirituality on display as sex cult trial winds down

Published June 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal trial, New York, Nicole Daedone, One Taste, OneTaste, Rachel Cherwitz

BROOKLYN (CN) — At a 2009 event in Stinson Beach, California, Nicole Daedone disrobed, lay on a table in front of an audience that included potential investors and a New York Times reporter, and loudly orgasmed for an hour while…[Continue Reading...]

Sheriff’s department uncovers Nazi extremists’ secret arsenal in quiet Washington suburb

Published June 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged arrests, criminal charges, neo nazis, Washington, weapons stockpile

CONTENT WARNING– This article contains material that some readers may find distressing. Reader discretion is advised. Two white supremacist extremists and their cache of guns and Nazi paraphernalia were discovered in a suburban Washington state home. Thurston County Sheriff Derek…[Continue Reading...]

The Disturbing Reality of Religious Tax Exemptions and Scientology

Published June 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged IRS, Scientologists, Scientology, tax-exempt status

In this explosive interview, researcher Jason Polychron reveals how the 1989 Hernandez v. Commissioner ruling should have made tithing and temple dues non-deductible across all religions—but the IRS covered it up. Scientology used this legal oversight to force the IRS…[Continue Reading...]

Wicca may seem weird, but is it a “cult”?

Published June 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beliefs, Wicca, Wiccans

Wicca is a nature-based, pagan belief system founded in England between 1921 and 1950. While the religion began as a niche practice, it is now widely recognized and respected as one of the fastest-growing spiritual paths in the United States.…[Continue Reading...]

Cassie Ventura Didn’t Consent to Alleged Abuse By Sean “Diddy” Combs — She Adapted

Published June 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse controlling relationships, coercive control, Sean Diddy Combs, trial testimony

In this op-ed, Mags Lesiak, a criminologist specializing in domestic violence, takes on criticism of Cassie Ventura after her testimony in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial. When Casandra Ventura was 19, she met 37-year-old Sean “Diddy” Combs, a music mogul…[Continue Reading...]

Jury selected in attempted murder case after judge says ‘Doomsday Mom’ fit for trial

Published June 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, attempted murder, criminal trial, cult mom, Lori Vallow

Lori Vallow Daybell walked in and out of court on June 4, two days after she appeared in a wheelchair and said she was too sick to proceed with her attempted murder trial, delaying jury selection. Maricopa County Superior Court…[Continue Reading...]

Leah Remini on Divorce, Healing and the Fight Against Scientology: ‘It’s Been Worth It’ (Exclusive)

Published June 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Leah Remini, Scientologists, Scientology

In July, it will be 12 years since Leah Remini left the Church of Scientology. The process of extracting herself from the controversial organization hasn’t been an easy one. Remini has made it her mission to expose the practices of…[Continue Reading...]

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