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Tom Cruise’s new flame Ana de Armas faces Mission Impossible over demands of Scientology that drove Katie Holmes to call it quits

Published August 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise

All eyes are on 63-year-old Tom Cruise and his new 26-years-younger love who've been spotted holding hands near her $7million home in Vermont. Cruise and Knives Out star Ana de Armas, 37, were first seen together in February 2025 and…[Continue Reading...]

The cult documentary “In the Name of God” Season 2 will be released online. The Shincheonji Church has filed a request for a temporary ban.

Published August 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged cult leader, cults, documentary, Jeong Myeong-seok, Shincheonji Church

Netflix released the documentary "In the Name of God: Betrayal" in March 2023, exposing the crimes of four major South Korean cult leaders, including the Shincheonji Church. The cult's leader, Jung Myung-seok, who preyed on over 3 female followers, was…[Continue Reading...]

An investigation into the Toowoomba cult called The Saints

Published August 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, cults, death, Faith healing, medical neglect, The Saints

In February this year fourteen members of Toowoomba-based religious sect the Saints were sentenced to prison in the Queensland supreme court. They group, including her parents, were found guilty of manslaughter over the death of 8 year old Elizabeth Struh's…[Continue Reading...]

HUNTER: Evil cult leader Charles Manson’s chilling Canadian connections

Published August 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Charles Manson, cult leader, cults, murders

It would be difficult to put together a more bizarre triumvirate than evil cult killer Charles Manson’s bizarre Canadian connections. There’s the wide-eyed teenage ingenue whose father was a fire-and-brimstone preacher, later seduced by Manson, the Toronto-born biker gang leader…[Continue Reading...]

‘Abuse cult’ priest received sexual massages ‘to relieve tension headaches’

Published August 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chris Brain, criminal charges, cult leader, sexual abuse, UK

A former priest accused of running an abusive cult received sexual massages to relieve “terrible tension headaches”, a court has heard. Chris Brain, 68, led a group in the 1980s and 1990s in Sheffield called the Nine O’Clock Service (NOS),…[Continue Reading...]

Pasco sheriff: 13-year-old involved in ‘online cult’ had possession of child porn, bestiality

Published August 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged children, online cults, recruitment

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is warning parents about the dangers of what lurks online. The warning comes after the sheriff said an “online cult” led deputies to arrest a 13-year-old boy last Friday. The…[Continue Reading...]

Coercive Control And The Hidden Face Of Male Victimhood

Published August 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abusive controlling relationships, coercive control, male survivors

Despite growing awareness, male victims of coercive and controlling behaviour remain largely invisible in public discourse. According to the Office for National Statistics, for the year ending March 2024, an estimated 1.6 million women experienced domestic abuse. While these are…[Continue Reading...]

A criminal court in Dhi Qar on Sunday sentenced a man to life in prison for inciting another person to commit suicide

Published August 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Al-Alaahiyah, cults, Iraq, prison sentence, Qurban group, suicide

The judiciary’s media office said the defendant was affiliated with the so-called Qurban group, also known as “Al-Alaahiyah,” which promotes radical Shia beliefs and has been blamed for encouraging suicide during religious rituals. Authorities described the group as a deviant…[Continue Reading...]

Life inside the Jesus Army cult as Durham man recalls torment of being cut off from the world

Published August 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged cults, Jesus Army, survivor story, UK

A Durham man has given a harrowing insight into life inside one of the UK's most notorious cults. John Everett was a member of the Jesus Fellowship Church - known more commonly as the Jesus Army - between 1977 and…[Continue Reading...]

Coercive control survivor speaks out as she urges domestic violence victims to report abuse

Published August 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abusive controlling relationships, coercive control, domestic violence, UK

“I can’t imagine how many girls have said, ‘He hasn’t hit me, therefore he’s not abusing me’.” Those are the words Jade Rasmussen, 28, shared as she reflected on her abusive ex being jailed last October. A survivor of coercive…[Continue Reading...]